Study of an Oak Tree (Bas-Breau, Forest of Fontainebleau)
Photograph
1852 (made)
1852 (made)
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Black and white salted paper print of a big tree in front of other trees. The branches of the tree are slightly vaulted and the treetop is only visible from downside.
Object details
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| Title | Study of an Oak Tree (Bas-Breau, Forest of Fontainebleau) (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Salted paper print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Le Gray, Gustave. Bas-Breau, Forest of Fontainebleau, 1852, 19thC, Townshend Bequest |
| Physical description | Black and white salted paper print of a big tree in front of other trees. The branches of the tree are slightly vaulted and the treetop is only visible from downside. |
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| Gallery label | Photography Centre 2018-20:
Collection in Focus: Chauncy Hare Townshend (1798–1868)
Chauncy Hare Townshend was one of the few serious collectors of photography in the early years of its development. Apart from Prince Albert, he remains the only identifiable British private collector of early photographs on such a scale. He was an extremely wealthy art collector and connoisseur who moved in the highest social and literary circles – Charles Dickens even dedicated Great Expectations to him. Townshend bequeathed his large art collection, including paintings, furniture, gemstones, books and coins, as well as his photographs, to the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A) in 1868. His impressive photography collection ranged from images of political, military and contemporary events to a particularly striking group of French fine art photographs. Practising photographers tended to collect photographs, exchanging works as examples of style and process. But Townshend, who was not a photographer, recognised both photography’s documentary value, and even more so, its exciting new artistic capabilities.
5. Gustave Le Gray (1820–84)
Study of an Oak Tree (Bas-Breau, Forest of Fontainebleau)
1852
Salted paper print
Museum no. 68008 |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Chauncey Hare Townshend |
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| Accession number | 68008 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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