Montizon, de, Count
Spanish (1822-1887)

DESCRIPTIVE TITLE: The Hippopotamus at the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park

1852
albumen print
11.1 x 12.7 cm.
Gift of Mr. H. H. Claudet and Mrs. Norman Gilchrist
GEH NEG: 23470
77:0742:0004

OLD GEH NUMBER: 134-47 BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Buckland, Gail. --Reality Recorded.-- Newton Abbot, 1974. p. 35.//
Wagstaff, Sam. --A Book of Photographs from the Collection of Sam Wagstaff.-- New York: 1978. p. 29.//
Sobieszek, Robert A. --Masterpieces of Photography from the George Eastman House Collections.-- New York: Abbeville Press, 1985. p. 149.//
Hambourg, Maria Morris & Phillips, Christopher. --The New Vision: Photography Between the World Wars.-- New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1989.//
Hambourg, Maria Morris & Apraxine, Pierre & Daniel, Malcolm. --The Waking Dream: Photography's First Century. Selections from the Gilman Paper Company Collection.-- New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1993. pl. 26.//
This image was part of GEH's submission to Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) in 1999.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 291.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"British Masters of the Albumen Print", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, March 16 - August 20, 1973.//
"Images of Excellence", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, January 1 - April 26, 1987. (Traveled).//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the Collection (reinstallation)", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, September 18, 1993 - June 5, 1994.//
"Language of Light: Masterworks from the George Eastman House Collection", Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, November 18, 1995 - January ??, 1996.//
"Inside Out: 50 Years of Collecting", US, NY, Rochester April 24, 1999 - March 12, 2000.//

NOTES: Count de Montizon (Juan Carlos Maria Isidro de Borbon), 1822-1887. The --Photographic Album for the Year 1855-- of the Photographic Club is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. The George Eastman House has, in its collection, an album titled --Pictures of the Photographic Exchange Club (1855)-- which is a different album, although published in the same year. The Claudet collection included 12 albumen prints by the Count de Montizon, however, it has not been confirmed whether this particular print was actually part of the --Photographic Album of the Year 1855--. Catalogued by R. Sobieszek/KC, 3/85, updated 6/93, MMD.

SUBJECTS:
animal, hippopotamus
people, at leisure