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Photograph

ca. 1910-1960 (made)
Artist/Maker
J.R.H. Weaver (maker)

Topographical photograph

Object details

Object type
Photograph
Brief description
Topographical photograph
Gallery label
J.R.H. Weaver (1882–1965)
Avila Cathedral
About 1910–30

Weaver photographed architectural structures throughout Spain. A follower of Frederick Evans, he was interested in the delicate effects of light and shadow seen in interiors. He diligently recorded the conditions for each of the images he made and kept a detailed journal of his techniques. Avila, the first Gothic cathedral built in Spain, is built into the city walls. [59 words]

Platinum print
Museum no. E.393
(20/11/2012)
Weaver, an Oxford historian, specialised in photographing Spanish architecture. He captured the luminosity and detail of interiors by continuing to use platinum prints which had been popular in the 1890s. He followed the aesthetic of Frederick Evans, the premier photographer of church architecture, who advised: ‘try for a record of emotion rather than a piece of topography’.
(11 03 2014)
Gallery 100, ‘History of photography’, 2012-2013, label texts :

John Reginald Homer Weaver (1882 – 1965)
‘Avila Cathedral Interior, Spain’
About 1920

Weaver, an Oxford historian, specialised in
photographing Spanish architecture. He captured
the luminosity and detail of interiors by continuing
to use platinum prints, a form popular in the 1890s.
He followed the aesthetic of Frederick Evans, the
premier photographer of church architecture, who
advised: ‘try for a record of emotion rather than a
piece of topography’.

Platinum print
Bequeathed by J.R.H. Weaver
Museum no. E.3931-1995
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3931-1995

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Record createdMarch 31, 2009
Record URL
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