[Frederick Goodall]
![[Frederick Goodall] by John and Charles Watkins](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/frederick-goodall-685695.webp)
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Approx. 10.2 x 6.3 cm (4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Albert Ten Eyck Gardner Collection, Gift of the Centennial Committee, 1970
Accession Number
1970.659.355
Tags
Art Historical Context
This intimate albumen silver print from the 1860s Frederick Goodall, a British Victorian painter renowned for his evocative genre scenes and Orientalist landscapes inspired by Egypt. Photographed by the esteemed Watkins brothers—John and Charles, leading London studio portraitists—the image exemplifies the carte-de-visite format, a pocket-sized sensation that democratized portraiture during the era. measuring just 10.2 x 6.3 cm, these cards were wildly popular, collected and traded like modern trading cards by admirers of celebrities, artists, and royals. The albumen process, using egg white...
About the Artist
John and Charles Watkins · 1840–1875
**John and Charles Watkins: Pioneers of Victorian Portrait Photography** John Watkins (1823–1874) and his younger brother Octavius Charles Watkins (1836–1882) were prominent British portrait photographers whose collaborative studio captured the luminaries of Victorian Britain.) Born in Raglan, Monmouthshire, Wales, John began his career around 1840, establishing a studio at 34 Parliament Street i...