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ROGER FENTON (1819-1869)

Into the Woods at Bolton Abbey, 1856-1860

Fermé2 November 2011

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ROGER FENTON (1819-1869)
Into the Woods at Bolton Abbey, 1856-1860
photogalvanograph on fine paper, laid down on original folio sheet
titled and inscribed 'from nature'in pencil (recto)
image 14 x 11½in. (35½ x 29½cm.)
sheet 13¼ x 15½in. ( 33½ x 40.3cm.)
mount 18¼ x 22in. (46½ x 55.7cm.)

Note du spécialiste

Roger Fenton was the first to successfully exploit the photogalvanographic process, a state-of-the-art technique developed by the Viennese scientist Paul Pretsch as a sophisticated means of creating a printing plate, capable of faithfully rendering the tones and detail of a photographic print.