Currently not on view
Wayside Gossip,
1882
Henry Peach Robinson, 1830–1901; born Ludlow, England; died Tunbridge Wells, England
x1983-1548
Information
Title
Wayside Gossip
Dates
1882
Maker
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
27.2 × 36.7 cm (10 11/16 × 14 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Clarence H. White Collection, assembled and organized by Professor Clarence H. White Jr., and given in memory of Lewis F. White, Dr. Maynard P. White Sr., and Clarence H. White Jr., the sons of Clarence H. White Sr. and Jane Felix White
Object Number
x1983-1548
Place Made
Europe, England, Royal Tunbridge Wells
Place Depicted
Europe, Wales, Gwysaney
Culture
Techniques
Created by Henry Peach Robinson, the artist. Acquired by Clarence H. White Sr., between ca. 1890 and July 7, 1925; by descent to Clarence H. White Jr., on or after July 8, 1925 [1]; by descent to Clarence H. White Jr.’s widow, Ruth Royer White, 1978 [2]; bequest, to Princeton University Art Museum, 1983 [3].
Notes:
[1]. Possibly on the occasion of Clarence H. White Sr.’s death, as part of the Clarence H. White Collection.
[2]. On the occasion of Clarence H. White Jr.’s death.
[3]. Carried out by Ruth Royer White on behalf of Clarence H. White Jr.
- Ellen Handy, "Pictorial Effect/Naturalistic Vision: The Photographs and Theories of Henry Peach Robinson and Peter Henry Emerson" (Norfolk: Chrysler Museum, 1994).
- Anne McCauley, Clarence H. White and His World: The Art and Craft of Photography 1895–1925 (Yale University Press: New Haven and London, 2017), p. 72
