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George B. Shepherd — A Priory, Lyminge

George B. Shepherd

A Priory, Lyminge

1853

One of the finest examples of early British photography, this calotype demonstrates the medium's capacity for architectural documentation while maintaining the soft, painterly quality characteristic of paper negatives.

Medium
salted paper print from calotype negative

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George B. Shepherd, A Priory, Lyminge, 1853

One of the finest examples of early British photography, this calotype demonstrates the medium's capacity for architectural documentation while maintaining the soft, painterly quality characteristic of paper negatives.

Medium
salted paper print from calotype negative
Year
1853
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

British Art, Ruins, 19th Century, Calotype Process, Architectural Photography, Victorian Photography, Pictorialism, Salted Paper Print

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Cleveland Museum of Art