Who created "Easby Abbey. The Refectory"?

Easby Abbey. The Refectory was created by Joseph Cundall|Philip Henry Delamotte in 1850s.

When was "Easby Abbey. The Refectory" created?

This artwork was created 1850s.

What medium is "Easby Abbey. The Refectory"?

Easby Abbey. The Refectory is Albumen silver print.

Is "Easby Abbey. The Refectory" in the public domain?

Yes, Easby Abbey. The Refectory is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Easby Abbey. The Refectory

Joseph Cundall|Philip Henry Delamotte

1850s

Medium

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

Image: 28 x 23.5 cm (11 x 9 1/4 in.) Mount: 43.9 x 30 cm (17 5/16 x 11 13/16 in.)

Classification

Photographs

Department

Photographs

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1952

Accession Number

52.640 (12)

Tags

ArchitectureRuinsAbbeys

Art Historical Context

Step into the haunting beauty of *Easby Abbey. The Refectory*, a captivating albumen silver print from the1850s by photographers Joseph Cundall and Henry Delamotte. image (28 x 23.5 cm) elegantly captures the crumbling refectory—the communal dining hall—of Easby Abbey, a medieval Premonstratensian in North Yorkshire, England. Founded in the 12th century and dissolved during Henry VIII's Reformation in the 1530s, the abbey's ruins embody the Romantic fascination with decayed grandeur, evoking a sense of lost monastic life amid ivy-cloaked arches and weathered stone. Cundall and Delamotte, pion...

Easby Abbey. The Refectory

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