[HenryJutsum]
![[HenryJutsum] by John and Charles Watkins](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/henryjutsum-685804.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
1970.659.464
Tags
Art Historical Context
This intimate carte-de-visite portrait, *Henry Jutsum*, captures the English landscape painter in a moment of quiet contemplation, absorbed in reading. Produced by the renowned London photography firm of brothers John and Charles Watkins in the1860s, it the era's booming portraiture trend. The Watkins studio gained fame for photographing Victorian luminaries, from royalty to intellectuals, blending technical precision with a touch of personality. Printed as an albumen silver print—a process using egg whites to create a glossy surface with rich tones and fine detail—this small gem (just 10.2 x...
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...