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Rievaulx Abbey

Photograph
1854 (photographed), 1856-60 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Photograph


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRievaulx Abbey (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print from wet collodion on glass negative
Brief description
Photograph by Roger Fenton, 'Rievaulx Abbey, Yorkshire', 1854
Physical description
Photograph
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.6cm
  • Width: 16.4cm
Gallery label
Roger Fenton (1819–69) Rievaulx Abbey, North Yorkshire 1854 Rievaulx Abbey was a 12th-century Cistercian foundation that fell into ruin after the Dissolution in 1538. Buildings like this appealed to artists as symbols of the folly of human endeavour in the face of time and nature. The single figure within a grid of shadows gives a sense of scale. [50 words] Albumen print Museum no. 318-1935
Credit line
Gift of Miss W.M.A. Brooke
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Hoozee, Robert (ed.), British Vision. Observation and Imagination in British Art 1750-1950, Brussels : Mercatorfonds ; Ghent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 2007 145
  • Taken from Photography Department index card catalogue
  • p. 109 The Origin of Photography: Great Britain. Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, 2019.
Collection
Accession number
318-1935

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Record createdAugust 12, 2003
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