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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Cloud Study
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2008.

Cloud Study

Artist Charles Marville (French, 1816-1879)
CultureFrench
Date19th century
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 6 × 8 3/16 in. (15.2 × 20.8 cm)
Overall: 10 1/4 × 12 5/8 in. (26 × 32.1 cm)
Overall, Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 17 1/4 × 21 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (43.8 × 54 × 3.2 cm)
InscribedStamped below the image: "CH. Marville, Paris"
Credit LineGift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel
Object number2007.12.66
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThis albumen print is of a landscape. Land is in the lower frame and a group of trees is at the right. A cloudy sky takes up most of the photograph.

ProvenanceCollection of Robert B. and Joyce F. Menschel, New York; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Joyce F. and Robert B. Menschel, 2007