Cemetery, Cathcart's Hill

1855, printed 1856

Roger Fenton

Associated Names
Roger Fenton

Artist, British, 1819 - 1869

The image shows a scene with a low angle perspective, focusing on a ridge where two figures are holding up a flag. The terrain below is rough and dotted with stones, graves marked by crosses and headstones. The scene has a muted and monochromatic color palette, reminiscent of an old photograph. A solitary figure stands below the ridge facing the flag, while the background shows a horizon merging into a blank sky. The composition is clear and detailed, capturing the elements in the frame with precision.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    salted paper print

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image/sheet: 17 × 24.5 cm (6 11/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
    mount: 43.4 × 59.5 cm (17 1/16 × 23 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.36.81

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1986

  • 19th Century Photographs from the Collection of Mary and David Robinson, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1986.

Bibliography

1954

  • Gernsheim, Helmut and Alison Gernsheim. Roger Fenton: Photographer of the Crimean War. London, 1954: pl. 48.

1988

  • Roger Fenton: Photographer of the 1850s. Exh. cat. Hayward Gallery, London, 1988: pl. 60.

Inscriptions

on mount: lower left printed in black ink: depose; lower center printed in black ink: Photographed by R. Fenton Manchester Published by T. Agnew & Sons, March 25th 1856 / London, P & D Colnaghi Paris, Moulin, 23, Rue Richer New York, Williams; lower left verso in graphite: V-204

Markings

BS: Agnew & Sons

Wikidata ID

Q64171019

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