Bouys
Photograph
ca.1848 (photographed)
ca.1848 (photographed)
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Photograph showing an arrangement of wooden buoys, banded with metal and rope against a fence constructed from tick planks of wood. There is grass in the foreground and the glimpse of a wood yard through a high gate on the left. The image is a purple brown with fading limited to the edges of the print.
Object details
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| Title | Bouys (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Salted paper print from a calotype negative |
| Brief description | 19thC; Jones Calvert, Buoys |
| Physical description | Photograph showing an arrangement of wooden buoys, banded with metal and rope against a fence constructed from tick planks of wood. There is grass in the foreground and the glimpse of a wood yard through a high gate on the left. The image is a purple brown with fading limited to the edges of the print. |
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| Object history | Jones, who trained as a marine painter, understood the conventions of contrasting textures and surfaces in a still life. This arrangement of found objects in a dockside setting uses the verticals and horizontals of the heavy wooden fence to emphasize the rounded forms and texture of the wooden buoys and the natural form of the section of tree trunk. Like much of his work, Jones has created a composition with a balance of light, dark, shape and texture. Jones made a series of photographs in Bristol, many of them in and around the harbour. Ph.48-1983 is another example of dockside detail. |
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| Accession number | PH.51-1983 |
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| Record created | September 21, 2007 |
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