Artist
Willoughby Wallace Hooper(British, 1837–1912)British, 1837–1912
CultureBritish
Titles
- Starting for the beat.
- from the series Tiger Shooting in India
Datec. 1872
PlaceIndia
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 7 1/16 x 9 1/16 in. (17.9 x 23 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/16 x 9 1/16 in. (17.9 x 23 cm)
Mount: 10 13/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.5 × 35.4 cm)
Sheet: 7 1/16 x 9 1/16 in. (17.9 x 23 cm)
Mount: 10 13/16 × 13 15/16 in. (27.5 × 35.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Trevor Thieme Wallace and his father, Edward Gregg Wallace, Jr. at "One Great Night in November, 1990"
Object number90.490.1
Not on view
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Exhibition History"India Through the Camera's Eye," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 7–August 12, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: "Starting for the Beat." (in black and red ink calligraphy on mount above image)
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