[Two-Part Panorama of Cathedral Messina, Sicily]

1846

Not on view

Calvert Jones was a Welsh mathematician and painter who learned the paper negative photographic process directly from its British inventor, William Henry Fox Talbot. In 1845 he set out from England on an ambitious picture-making tour of Italy and Malta. During his journey, he took an innovative approach to producing two-part panoramas: he moved the camera in a slight arc between two exposures which emphasizes the sweep of the architecture form. Here, the subject is the Messina Cathedral and its seventeenth-century restored façade and bell tower in the Baroque style.

Artwork Details

Overview

Provenance

Title: [Two-Part Panorama of Cathedral Messina, Sicily]
Artist: Calvert Richard Jones (British, Swansea, Wales 1802–1877 Bath, England)
Date: 1846
Medium: Salted paper prints from paper negatives
Dimensions: Left: 9 11/16 × 7 11/16 in. (24.6 × 19.5 cm); irregular
Right: 9 3/4 × 7 11/16 in. (24.8 × 19.6 cm), irregular
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gift of Alexander Novak and Family, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary, 2019
Object Number: 2019.350a, b
Curatorial Department: Photographs

More Artwork

By Calvert Richard Jones

In the same medium

From the same time and place

A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.

Seated Lad, Calvert Richard Jones British, Welsh, Salted paper print from paper negative — Seated Lad
Calvert Richard Jones
1845–50

Lady in Open Window with Bird Cage, Calvert Richard Jones or his Circle British, Welsh, Salted paper print from paper negative — Lady in Open Window with Bird Cage
Calvert Richard Jones
late 1840s

[Soldier], Calvert Richard Jones British, Welsh, Salted paper print from paper negative — [Soldier]
Calvert Richard Jones
1845–50

[Contact sheet of four group portraits in a doorway], Calvert Richard Jones British, Welsh, Salted paper print from paper negative — [Contact sheet of four group portraits in a doorway]
Calvert Richard Jones
ca. 1850

Family Group Portrait Posed in Doorway, Calvert Richard Jones British, Welsh, Salted paper print from paper negative — Family Group Portrait Posed in Doorway
Calvert Richard Jones
late 1840s

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.