Durham Cathedral in Winter

c. 1857

Reverend H. Holden

Associated Names
Reverend Henry Holden

Artist, British, 1814 - 1909

The image shows a cathedral with twin towers, a river, and snow-covered buildings. The cathedral towers over the scene, viewed from a low angle. The background contains rooftops meeting the sky, with a river reflecting the buildings. A snow-covered structure is near the water. The landscape is covered in snow, with sepia tones giving an old-fashioned feel. The cathedral spires reach towards the sky, surrounded by snow-covered trees. A bare tree branch frames the scene on the left.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 29.6 × 24.5 cm (11 5/8 × 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 58.2 × 46.3 cm (22 15/16 × 18 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.145.10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Robert Hershkowitz Ltd., Sussex, England); (Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 1998; NGA purchase, 2018.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, on lower left, in graphite: Durham; by unknown hand, on bottom right edge, in graphite: N1127 check mark

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