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Photograph

Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1880-1920

GUSN

GUSN-23368

Description

Photograph of a fresco where a man with dark hair and a beard accepts gifts from women kneeling to his right. In the left of the composition, several draped figures appear to be told to turn back and look saddened. The man is placed central under a rounded arch and several gothic arches are seen on both sides. Frame: half inch black and gold.

Details

Descriptive Terms

photographs
religions (concept)
Religion
PICTURE, RELIGIOUS

Inscription

Printed beneath phtograph: ""From a Fresco in Lyndhurst Church, by Sir Frederick Leighton, P.R.A./ Photographed by T. Harvey, Lyndhurst.""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Leighton of Stretton, Frederic Leighton, Baron, 1830-1896 (Artist)
Harvey, T. (Photographer)

Location of Origin

England; Lyndhurst, England

Dimensions

6.625 x 10.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1555

Reference Notes

. The Dictionary of Art. [No Publisher].

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