Solar Effect--Ocean
Photograph
1857 (made)
1857 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
To a 19th-century audience, a passing gleam of light reflected in the water, as captured by the photographer here, might well have a biblical association. For example, in 1857, after seeing one of Gustave Le Gray's sea views, a critic for the Journal of the Photographic Society wrote that 'From the midst of this "pother" of dimness falls a gush of liquid light, full and flush on the sea, where it leaves a glow of glory . . . It is as when Jacob's ladder of angels was just withdrawn, and the radiance above and below, where it rested on earth and sky, had not yet melted out.'
Object details
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| Title | Solar Effect--Ocean (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print from collodion-on-glass negative |
| Brief description | Seascape by Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820-1882); albumen print; France; ca.1856. |
| Physical description | Seascape by Gustave Le Gray (French, 1820-1882); albumen print; |
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| Credit line | Townshend Bequest |
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| Summary | To a 19th-century audience, a passing gleam of light reflected in the water, as captured by the photographer here, might well have a biblical association. For example, in 1857, after seeing one of Gustave Le Gray's sea views, a critic for the Journal of the Photographic Society wrote that 'From the midst of this "pother" of dimness falls a gush of liquid light, full and flush on the sea, where it leaves a glow of glory . . . It is as when Jacob's ladder of angels was just withdrawn, and the radiance above and below, where it rested on earth and sky, had not yet melted out.' |
| Bibliographic reference | p. 263
Christine Riding and Richard Johns. Turner & the sea ISBN: 9780500239056
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 67998 |
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| Record created | January 13, 2003 |
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