Zoology – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Unlike the plain animal studies on this board, this print is an allegory: its title, "Zoology," names a branch of natural science, so the picture presents an idea about the study of animals rather than a single creature. Copyrighted by the Boston firm Curtis & Cameron and dated to about 1898, it belongs to a fashion of the 1890s for staged photographs in which posed figures stood for subjects such as the arts, sciences, and seasons. Such images were often made for decorative use and education, and they show how photography borrowed the conventions of painting and illustration. Its date also falls in the period when zoology was becoming a more formal academic discipline in American universities.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Allegories 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright by Curtis & Cameron. Unprocessed in PR 06 CN 292. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 824 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-165011 |
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