Detail View: The AMICA Library: Arch in Farmyard, Swansea
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1991.40
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Photographs
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Creator Name:
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Jones, Calvert Richard
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Creator Nationality:
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European; British
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1804 - 1877
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Biography:
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Reverend Calvert Richard Jones, Jr. British, b. Wales, 1804-1877Calvert Jones was part of the circle of Welsh amateur photographers that emerged around John Dillwyn Llewelyn and were strongly influenced by William Henry Fox Talbot. Educated at Oriel College, Oxford, Jones returned to Wales in 1829 after his ordination to serve as rector of Loughor near his native town of Swansea. A man of varied interests, including mathematics, music, and painting, he was introduced to photography by Welsh members of Talbot's family. In 1845, after lessons and practical experience in calotyping with Talbot in Britain, Jones embarked on a trip to Malta and Italy, during which he produced a number of views. On his return, he sent 22 small calotypes and 102 larger ones to Talbot, who sold them on commission. Jones's training in art, especially marine painting, lends his images considerable confidence of composition, tone, and scale. T.W.F.
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Birth Place:
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Swansea, Wales
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Creator Death Place:
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Bath, Avon, England
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Rev. Calvert Richard Jones
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Title:
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Arch in Farmyard, Swansea
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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1845
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Creation Start Date:
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1845
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Creation End Date:
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1845
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Materials and Techniques:
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salted paper print from calotype negative, gold-toned
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Classification Term:
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Photography
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Dimensions:
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Image: 23.2cm x 18.7cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1991.40
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Credit Line:
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Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
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Inscriptions:
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Written in pencil on verso: "10726-CIWS"
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Rights:
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Context:
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Educated as a mathematician, musician, and clergyman, Jones was an accomplished daguerreotypist before he was introduced to the calotype by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1845. Jones's pictures were taken primarily in Wales, England, Ireland, and the Mediterranean and often depicted complex compositions of ruins, landscape, and rustic architecture. To provide a sense of scale and human presence, he almost always included figures in his architectural views (here a lone individual leans against the archway). In this photograph Jones also alluded to the inevitable passage of time by contrasting the monumental arch in the foreground with the ruined arch in the distance.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1991.40.tif
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