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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
A Merry Tale
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

A Merry Tale

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)
InscribedLL, below image: "H. P. Robinson"
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank
Object number93.19.5B
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 five women in a landscape.