Gems of Photographic Art

1860s

Francis Frith

Publisher, British, 1822 - 1898

Francis Frith

Artist, British, 1822 - 1898

Francis Bedford

Artist, British, 1816 - 1894

Alfred Rosling

Artist, British, 1802 - 1882

Robert Eaton

Artist, British, 1819 - 1871

Meatyard

Artist, British

Roger Fenton

Artist, British, 1819 - 1869

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume of 20 albumen prints

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro

  • Dimensions

    overall (closed): 37.31 x 29.21 x 3.02 cm (14 11/16 x 11 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
    open: 37.31 x 57.94 cm (14 11/16 x 22 13/16 in.)
    image: 16.51 x 20.96 cm (6 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2008.118.1

Associated Artworks

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The Foot-Bridge

Alfred Rosling, Francis Frith

1860

Door, Lindisfarne Abbey

Francis Frith, Francis Frith

1860

View in Betchworth Park, Surrey

Alfred Rosling, Francis Frith

1860


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, New York; Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro, New York; gift to NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

inside cover, by unknown hand, across top in graphite: 20 photographs / photographs by Frith, Fenton, Bedford, Rosling, Eaton; lower right corner in graphite: NE 1./Nc; opposite page, top in graphite: R1004; back cover, lower left in graphite: 21937


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