Artwork
Cleveland
Cleveland is a photography by the Romanticist artist Louis-Auguste Bisson. It dates from 1842 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
- Accession no.
- 1991.38
About this work
Overview
Cleveland is a daguerreotype photograph by Louis-Auguste Bisson, capturing a dark bay English stallion in profile.
Subject & Meaning
The portrait showcases Cleveland's anatomy and breeding, highlighting the horse's physiognomy through a detailed profile pose.
Technique & Style
Advances in daguerreotype technology enabled Bisson to achieve a relatively quick exposure, allowing for an outdoor photograph with notable clarity and detail.
History & Provenance
Created during the early days of photography, Cleveland is a rare example of Bisson's equine daguerreotypes, influencing the 19th-century tradition of horse portrait photography.
Artist & collection
Prize Horse in winter, Chemung County, New York
Buscot Buck in stable
Horse with the barn in the background
Horse in Front of a Barn (verso)
Solomon Clark Spelman and Martha W. Spelman in front of S.C. Spelman General Store, Hampden, MA
Captain Bailward's horses (recto, bottom)
Captain Brown's horses, Jhansi (recto, top); Captain Bailward's horses (recto, bottom); Captain Bailward's camel (verso, left); Captain Bailward's horse, Jhanso (verso, right)
Hersilia
Man on a Horse
Col. F. G. Oldham (recto, top); Mr. Nowell, Shimla (recto, bottom)