Carolling
Artist
Henry Peach Robinson
(English, 1830-1901)
Publisher
Sun Artists
CultureEnglish
DateJanuary 1890
MediumPhotogravure
DimensionsOverall, Support: 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm)
Overall, Image: 5 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (14.9 x 18.1 cm)
Overall, Image: 5 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. (14.9 x 18.1 cm)
InscribedLL, below image: "H. P. Robinson"
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank
Object number93.19.5A
Not on view
DescriptionSUN ARTISTS was a 19th-century British journal devoted to photography. This January 1890 issue Number 2 contains text by Andrew Pringle and four photogravures by Henry Peach Robinson. H. P. Robinson was the leading proponent of Pictorial Effect. This was a style of photography that emulated painting by asembling multiple negatives to create a picture. This photogravure titled CAROLLING, depicts two women and a herd of sheep.Label TextHenry Peach Robinson English, 1830–1901 Carolling from Sun Artists, no. 2, January 1890 Photogravure (photographic etching) Museum purchase, Horace W. Goldsmith and Art Purchase Funds 93.19.5a Exhibition History"History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, Fall, 2001. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014.
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