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The image displays a large building with a gabled roof and windows in the distance, along with adjacent trees. Nearby is a church-like structure with a steeple partly hidden by trees. In the forefront, there are rows of cultivated plants, potentially a vineyard, divided by wooden fencing. Closest to the viewer are railway tracks running horizontally across the scene. The color scheme consists of sepia and gray tones typical of an old photograph, evoking a vintage and nostalgic atmosphere.
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The image displays a large building with a gabled roof and windows in the distance, along with adjacent trees. Nearby is a church-like structure with a steeple partly hidden by trees. In the forefront, there are rows of cultivated plants, potentially a vineyard, divided by wooden fencing. Closest to the viewer are railway tracks running horizontally across the scene. The color scheme consists of sepia and gray tones typical of an old photograph, evoking a vintage and nostalgic atmosphere.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

Abbaye du Gard pres d' Abbeville

Édouard-Denis Baldus

Date
c. 1855
Medium
salted paper print
Dimensions
image: 30.48 x 44.13 cm (12 x 17 3/8 in.) mount: 45.09 x 61.28 cm (17 3/4 x 24 1/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2006.133.23
Credit line
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon and Patrons' Permanent Fund
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Landscape
  • salted paper print
  • France
  • landscape
  • Architecture
  • Abbey
Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon; purchase and gift to NGA, 2006.

Inscription

by unknown hand, lower right on mount in black ink: Abbaye du Gard pres d'Abbeville; in graphite: RH 43

NGA object ID 136286. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.