Gosceau Rock and the Croft
1870s
Medium
Albumen silver print
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1971
Accession Number
1971.590.5
Art Historical Context
In the serene landscape of *Gosgiau Rock and the Croft captured by Francis Bedford in the 1870s, visitors are transported to the rugged beauty of rural Wales. Bedford, a pioneering Victorian photographer known for his architectural and topographical views, documented Britain's picturesque terrains with remarkable precision. This albumen print, from a glass negative coated in egg-white albumen for its signature warm tones and fine detail, exemplifies the technical zenith of 19th-century, allowing intricate textures—from jagged rock faces to humble croft enclosures—to emerge vividly. Bedford's ...
About the Artist
Francis Bedford · 1816–1894
Francis Bedford (1816–1894) was a pioneering British photographer, born in London as the eldest son of the church architect Francis Octavius Bedford.) He trained as an architectural draughtsman and lithographer, exhibiting drawings of architectural subjects from his late teens and listing "Lithographic Artist" as his profession in the 1851 census.) In the early 1850s, Bedford turned to photography...