Nagina Mosque, Agra Fort, India
تاريخ الاضافة
17/07/2019
نوع المحتوى
Art And Craft
Category
Other
الرابط للمحتوى
Subject Area
Architecture
الوصف
Date: 1857 - 1860
Location Created: Great Britain
Physical Dimensions: 36.8 x 45.9 cm (14 1/2 x 18 1/16 in.)
Medium: Waxed paper negative
Source Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Object Status: Permanent Collection
Culture: British
This large waxed-paper negative displays a view of the private
mosque built for the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the 1630s. Dr. John Murray,
who made this negative while working in India, altered it to improve the
visual harmony and luminosity of the finished print. He achieved increased
contrast by blocking out the sky area with pigment and bleaching the deeply
shaded section under the roof to more clearly show the mosque interior.
The waxed-paper process was particularly useful for traveling
photographers like Murray because the paper did not require immediate
development. It also offered more translucency than other commonly used
negatives. The process involved rubbing wax into the paper negative before it
was sensitized and exposed. The wax created a smooth surface and reduced the
blurring effects of paper fibers. Both the negative and the final print display
great clarity of detail, as in the piercings of the surrounding wall and the
outlines of distant buildings.
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Type of Work: Print
Artist: Dr. John Murray