4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2011.

The Wharfe and Pool Below the Strid, Bolton Abbey

Artist Roger Fenton (English, 1819–1869)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1855

MediumAlbumen print

DimensionsOverall, Image: 13 1/2 × 11 1/8 in. (34.3 × 28.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 32 × 28 1/2 in. (81.3 × 72.4 cm)

InscribedTitled in pencil on lower mount recto and "R. Fenton" blindstamp

Credit LineGift of the Mowbray Arch Society, 2000

Object number2000.25

Not on view

DescriptionThis is an albumen print of a historical location. The Wharfe is the name of the river and the Strid refers to the narrowing of the river where one could stride across the rushing torrent of water. This landscape is found on the Yorkshire Estate of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire. Named Bolton Abbey, it has been a distinct Estate for 1,000 years.

Label TextRoger Fenton English, 1819–1869 The Wharfe and Pool Below the Strid, Bolton Abbey, ca. 1855 Albumen print (photograph) Gift of the Mowbray Arch Society 2000.25 ProvenanceRoger Fenton; William 2nd Earl of Craven; Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Inc. Fine Photographs, bought at auction May 2000; Gift of the Mowbray Arch Society to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 2000. Exhibition History"History of Photography," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va, Fall, 2001. "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., November 5, 2003 - August 2004. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014.Published ReferencesThe Association of International Photography Art Dealers [AIPAD], _The Photography Show Membership Directory & Illustrated Catalogue_, exh. cat., New York, N.Y., 2005, cover illustration no. 2. ISBN: 1-893590-05-4 AIPAD advertisement, "Celebrating 25 Years of Connoisseurship," _The New York Times_, Sunday, February 6, 2005, AR37. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 102, fig. 122. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1