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Road to Eaux-Chaudes, Pyrenees (recto)
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The town of Pau, in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains, was a popular vacation spot for British tourists and one of several centers for photography in France in the 1850s. Farnham Maxwell Lyte, who lived in Pau, photographed the road that ran through the mountains to the village of Eaux-Chaudes with its popular hot springs. The road had just been built in 1849. It greatly eased access to Eaux-Chaudes and offered dramatic views.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineRoad to Eaux-Chaudes, Pyrenees (recto), c. 1855. Farnham Maxwell Lyte (British, 1828–1906). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 28.1 x 21.1 cm (11 1/16 x 8 5/16 in.); matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Paula and Robert Hershkowitz in memory of Sam Wagstaff, 1995.180.a
