Artwork
Dolmen, Cap del Puetch, Ariège, France
Dolmen, Cap del Puetch, Ariège, France is a photography by the Impressionist artist Arthur A. Taylor. It dates from 1867 and is held in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
About this work
Overview
Dolmen, Cap del Puetch, Ariège, France is a photograph by an early practitioner of the medium. The image captures a prehistoric stone monument in a landscape.
Subject & Meaning
The subject is a dolmen, a Neolithic tomb, reflecting the 19th-century fascination with ancient history and early monuments. The photograph presents the structure within its natural surroundings.
Technique & Style
The print is likely produced using a shellac-based process, a technique the photographer wrote about in articles for photographic journals in 1866 and 1867. The image was then mounted on heavy card stock for distribution.
History & Provenance
The photographer, a British expatriate living in Marseille, was a member of the Société Française de Photographie by 1860. The prints were often produced in collaboration with G. Arosa et Cie in Saint-Cloud.
Artist & collection
Artist
Arthur Adelbert Taylor, commonly known as A. A. Taylor, was an American writer, newspaper editor and publisher. He owned the Surf Publishing Company, and the Courier–Item Publishing Company. Taylor published the Santa…
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