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Still life with two wine casks

(English, 1808–1897)
print 1860–1879, negative before 1855
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, albumen print
DimensionsImage: 22.2 × 17.5 cm (8 3/4 × 6 7/8 in.)
Mount: 28.3 × 26 cm (11 1/8 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Hans P. Kraus, Jr. in honor of Clifford S. Ackley
Accession number2016.828
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsRecto, u.r., in pencil: 4
ProvenancePart of an album of photographs by Owen belonging to Canon R.T Cole (b. 1874 – d. 1948), Bristol, England; 1948, the album was sold in an estate auction to his handyman, Mr. W. L. Venn, Bristol; 1962, album was given by Venn to Reece Winstone (b. 1909 – d. 1991), Bristol; April 17, 2015, album sold by descendants of Reece Winstone, Dominc Winter Auctioneers (Islamic, Indian, and Oriental Art and Photography, 1850-2000), Cirencester, England, lot 371, to Robert Hershkowitz (dealer), Sussex, England; 2015, sold by Robert Hershkowitz to Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Inc., New York; 2016, year-end gift of Hans P. Kraus to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 18, 2017)