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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1982.365.27
People
Roger Fenton, British (Heywood, Lancashire, England 1819 - 1869 London, England)
Title
Furness Abbey
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Ruined Abbeys and Castles of Great Britain
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
book page, photograph
Date
c. 1862
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/284466

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Albumen silver print on printed page trimmed to oval.
Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 6.8 x 8.5 cm (2 11/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
sheet: 21.5 x 15.8 cm (8 7/16 x 6 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Max Reed & John Sims, Booksellers, London, England, sold to Seiden & de Cuevas Inc., 1977. For long term loan at the Fogg Art Museum.
Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, NY, purchased from Max Reed & John Sims, 1977, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1982. Purchased at Reed & Sims, Booksellers, London, April 1977; on Long Term Loan to the Fogg Art Museum from 1977 to 1982

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
Object Number
P1982.365.27
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Text illustration; page 217.

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