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This sepia-toned photograph shows a street lined with buildings leading towards a distant cathedral. The buildings closest to us appear to be made of brick and have white windows. The street leads off to the left, towards the grand cathedral in the background. The view is from street level, and the photograph has a grainy texture.
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This sepia-toned photograph shows a street lined with buildings leading towards a distant cathedral. The buildings closest to us appear to be made of brick and have white windows. The street leads off to the left, towards the grand cathedral in the background. The view is from street level, and the photograph has a grainy texture.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

A Scene in York: York Minster from Lop Lane

William Henry Fox Talbot

Date
1845
Medium
salted paper print
Dimensions
image: 16.2 x 20.4 cm (6 3/8 x 8 1/16 in.) sheet: 18.7 x 22.7 cm (7 3/8 x 8 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2011.57.1
Credit line
Edward J. Lenkin Fund, Melvin and Thelma Lenkin Fund and Stephen G. Stein Fund
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • salted paper print
  • exterior
  • architecture
  • Cathedral
  • Architecture
Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. Charles T. Isaacs, Hummelstown, PA; NGA purchase (through Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc., New York), 2011.

Inscription

on verso, by unknown hand, lower left in graphite: x2234; lower right: 901008; in black ink: LA485

NGA object ID 153418. 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.