Julia Hall McCune (c. 1897): Art, History and Details

Julia Hall McCune (c. 1897) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Clarence H. White (American, 1871–1925).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Clarence H. White experimented with an array of artistic media that blurred the lines between photography, drawing, and printmaking. Here are two examples of that experimentation: a platinum print on the left and a photogravure on the right. White was likely drawn to both processes for their broad tonal range and interaction of image and paper. To create platinum prints, a light-sensitive liquid emulsion is applied to and absorbed by the paper. The image forms within the paper’s fibers, resulting in a matte appearance. Because photogravures are printed like an etching, the image is formed with ink impressed onto the paper’s surface.

Object facts

• Title: Julia Hall McCune
• Date: c. 1897
• Creator attribution: Clarence H. White (American, 1871–1925)
• Culture: America
• Type: Photograph
• Technique: platinum print with pencil
• Dimensions: Image: 20.6 x 14.6 cm (8 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.); Framed: 30.5 x 35.6 cm (12 x 14 in.)
• Collection: PH - American 19th Century
• Department: Photography
• Accession number: 1980.135

Collection credit

Gift of John Flory, Elizabeth Flory Kelly, and Phoebe Flory

Further reading listed by the museum

• Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.

View the collection record

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