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The image features a path next to an ivy-covered stone structure resembling a castle wall. The viewpoint is ground level, showing the textures of the path and surrounding foliage. Vegetation and the structure obscure the horizon, creating a secluded atmosphere. Trees with twisted branches grow around the path. The black-and-white presentation gives a timeless quality. The monochromatic color palette uses sepia tones for a vintage aesthetic. A figure in old-fashioned attire stands near the wall, providing scale and a human element in the natural and historical setting.
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The image features a path next to an ivy-covered stone structure resembling a castle wall. The viewpoint is ground level, showing the textures of the path and surrounding foliage. Vegetation and the structure obscure the horizon, creating a secluded atmosphere. Trees with twisted branches grow around the path. The black-and-white presentation gives a timeless quality. The monochromatic color palette uses sepia tones for a vintage aesthetic. A figure in old-fashioned attire stands near the wall, providing scale and a human element in the natural and historical setting.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

At Winterdyne on the Severn

Major Francis Gresley

Date
1860s
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 18.9 × 23.4 cm (7 7/16 × 9 3/16 in.) mount: 23.8 × 27.4 cm (9 3/8 × 10 13/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2018.7.12
Credit line
Purchased as the Gift of the Richard King Mellon Foundation
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • albumen silver print
  • River
  • England
  • Nature
  • Boy
Provenance

(sale, Sotheby's Fine Art Auctions, London, 1987); (Charles Isaacs Photographs Inc., New York); NGA purchase, 2018.

Inscription

by artist, bottom center in graphite: At Winterdyne on the Severn; by unknown hand, top right in graphite: C1011; bottom right in graphite: Gresley

NGA object ID 140118. 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.