Newark Abbey, near Chertsey
Artist
Reverend John Richardson Major(British, 1821–1871)British, 1821–1871
CultureBritish
Titles
- Newark Abbey, near Chertsey
- from The Photographic Album for the Year 1857, Being Contributions from the Members of The Photographic Club
DateJuly 17, 1856
MediumAlbumen silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/4 × 8 5/8 in. (17.2 × 21.9 cm)
Mount: 12 × 17 5/16 in. (30.5 × 43.9 cm)
Mount: 12 × 17 5/16 in. (30.5 × 43.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2023.168.22
Not on view
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Published References Roger Taylor, "Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860" (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Washington: National Gallery of Art ; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007), 83-95. Helmut Gernsheim, "Incunabula of British photographic literature: a bibliography of British photographic literature, 1839-75, and British books illustrated with original photographs" (London; Berkeley: Scolar Press in association with Derbyshire College of Higher Education, 1984), 72.
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