Ely Cathedral: North Choir Aisle to West
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
215586
Art Historical Context
Step into the ethereal glow of Ely Cathedral's Choir Aisle, as captured by Frederick H. in this 1891 lantern slide Evans, a pioneering British photographer renowned for his luminous depictions of Gothic architecture, transformed the ancient cathedral's stone vaults and arches into a study of light and shadow. Ely Cathedral, a masterpiece of Norman and Early English Gothic design dating back to the 11th century, Evans with a perfect subject to showcase its soaring elegance and intricate details. This square-format photograph, measuring just 8.2 × 8.2 cm, was created as a lantern slide—a glass ...
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...