Rievaulx Abbey
Photograph
1854 (photographed), 1856-60 (printed)
1854 (photographed), 1856-60 (printed)
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Photograph
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Title | Rievaulx 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 |
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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 |
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Accession number | 318-1935 |
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Record created | August 12, 2003 |
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