Landscape (1856): Art, History and Details

Landscape (1856) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Henry White (British, 1819–1903).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

In the 1850s London lawyer Henry White was also recognized as one of Britain's most gifted landscape photographers. His work helped to establish the aesthetic standard for 19th-century British landscape photography. This charming image is an example of his best known work—intimate, lyrical landscapes taken in northern Wales. Here White carefully balanced his desire to faithfully record elaborate details with broad atmospheric effects. As with many of his photographs, this print registers a city-dweller's delight in finding himself in natural surroundings.

Object facts

• Title: Landscape
• Date: 1856
• Creator attribution: Henry White (British, 1819–1903)
• Culture: England, 19th century
• Type: Photograph
• Technique: albumen print from wet collodion negative
• Dimensions: Image: 19 x 25 cm (7 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
• Collection: Photography
• Department: Photography
• Accession number: 1993.162

Collection credit

Dudley P. Allen Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• “1993 Annual Report.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 81, no. 6 (July 1994): 143–218.
• Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996.

View the collection record

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