A Ferny Bank
A Ferny Bank

Currently not on view

A Ferny Bank,

ca. 1857

Henry White, British, 1819–1903
x1990-262
By the mid-1850s, advances in emulsion chemistry put the art of photography within reach of growing numbers of devoted amateurs. Henry White, who was a lawyer, produced nature studies that celebrate the joys of direct, unaffected observation. In this strikingly modern image, intertwining branches stretch in feathery patterns across the entire breadth of the picture plane, forming a wave of foliage that gracefully builds, crests, and curls upon itself.

Information

Title
A Ferny Bank
Dates

ca. 1857

Maker
Henry White
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
sheet: 19.3 x 25 cm. (7 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.) mount: 36.8 x 49.5 cm (14 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, bequest of Donald C. Snyder, by exchange
Object Number
x1990-262
Place Made

Europe, England

Inscription
Titled and inscribed in graphite, lower left: A Ferny Bank H. White Printed beneath image: Photographed by Henry White
Culture
British
Type
photographs, albumen prints, black-and-white photographs
Techniques
mounting, albumen process
Subject
vegetation, ferns, grass, Nature, riverbanks

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