Ely Cathedral: Choir Triforium, North Side
c. 1891
Medium
Lantern slide
Dimensions
8.2 × 8.2 cm (3 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
photograph
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
215609
Art Historical Context
Step into the ethereal glow of Ely Cathedral's triforium, north side, as captured by Frederick H. around 1891. This lantern slide, a petite 8.2 × 8.2 cm square of glass, preserves the intricate Gothic stonework of one of England's most majestic Norman cathedrals. Evans, a pioneering British photographer and Pictorialist, revered cathedrals for their spiritual architecture, using his camera to reveal their sublime beauty through soft lighting and precise composition. His work elevated photography from mere documentation to an artistic meditation on light and form. Crafted as a lantern slide, t...
About the Artist
Frederick H. Evans · 1853–1943
Frederick H. Evans was born in London on 26 June 1853 and lived there his entire life, dying just two days before his ninetieth birthday in 1943. His first career was as a bookseller, operating a shop in Cheapside where he became a well-connected figure in London's intellectual life, counting the playwright George Bernard Shaw and the illustrator Aubrey Beardsley among his friends and customers. H...