Partridges (recto); L.D. Campbell's Tomb (verso)
Captain N. Baily (British) and John Hamilton Craigie (British)c. 1861
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
N. Baily carefully arranged a simple composition of two partridges hanging by a thin rope against a
plain wood wall. Like many photographers in the 1850s and 60s, he was interested in displaying
the camera’s ability to record in detail the variety of shapes and textures present in the still life.
Little is known of Baily, a British amateur photographer. He was a member of the Amateur
Photographic Association and participated in several of their album exchanges. Still lifes
incorporating game, fowl, and fish were popular among amateur photographers during this period.
Many members of the Amateur Photographic Association were gentlemen that formerly belonged
to the British armed forces and would have participated in hunting as a pastime.
- Title: Partridges (recto); L.D. Campbell's Tomb (verso)
- Creator: Captain N. Baily (British), John Hamilton Craigie (British)
- Date Created: c. 1861
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 23.9 x 19.3 cm (9 7/16 x 7 5/8 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.21
- Medium: albumen print from wet collodion negative
- Inscriptions: Written in ink on pasted paper on recto: "Partridges/W. Baily, Esq." (writing on back of pasted label)
- Department: Photography
- Culture: England, 19th century
- Credit Line: Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund
- Collection: Photography
- Accession Number: 1987.21
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