Loch Katrine Pier, Scene of the Lady of the Lake
October 1844
Medium
Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions
Image: 17.5 x 21.1 cm (6 7/8 x 8 5/16 in.) Sheet: 18.4 x 22.9 cm (7 1/4 x 9 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.261
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the serene landscape of *Loch Katrine Pier, Scene the Lady of the Lake captured by pioneering photographer William Henry Fox Talbot October 1844, glimpse one of the earliest surviving photographs of Scotland's majestic Loch Katrine. The image centers on the historic pier along this Highland lake, evoking the romantic mists and rugged beauty immortalized in Sir Walter Scott's epic poem *The Lady of Lake*. Talbot, traveling through the region, documented such poetic locales with a keen eye for nature's quiet drama, blending artistic vision with technological innovation. This salted paper pri...
About the Artist
William Henry Fox Talbot · 1800–1877
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877), a British polymath whose ingenuity transformed visual representation, was born on 11 February 1800 at Melbury House, Dorset, the only child of William Davenport Talbot of Lacock Abbey and Lady Elisabeth Fox Strangways, daughter of the 2nd Earl of Ilchester. His father died shortly after his birth, leaving the family in financial straits until his formidable mo...