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Francis Bedford (attributed to)
Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire (1860s)
albumen silver photograph
16.2 × 21.8 cm (image and sheet) 19.7 × 25.6 cm (comp.) 27.4 × 37.4 cm irreg. (support)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased from Admission Funds, 1988
© Public Domain
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Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire
(1860s)
from the No title (Stephen Thompson album) (1859- c. 1868)
Medium
albumen silver photograph
Measurements
16.2 × 21.8 cm (image and sheet) 19.7 × 25.6 cm (comp.) 27.4 × 37.4 cm irreg. (support)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased from Admission Funds, 1988
© Public Domain
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Francis Bedford travelled extensively throughout Wales, England and Scotland, amassing hundreds of photographs of picturesque views of the countryside. Images such as this view of Whitby Abbey, a seventh-century Christian monastery overlooking the North Sea, were popular in the mid to late nineteenth century – rugged yet idyllic scenes that exude a brooding melancholy and mystery.
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Yorkshire, England
Inscription
inscribed in pencil on support l.l.: Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire. (underlined)
Accession Number
PH85.53-1988
Department
International Photography
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