Loch Long Head
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, 1963
Accession Number
63.606.1.18
Tags
Art Historical Context
Captain R. H. Henry's *Loch Long Head*1856) captures the tranquil beauty of Scotland's Loch Long, a sea loch in the Argyll region, with its glassy waters dotted by boats against a dramatic shoreline. As an albumen silver print—one of the most popular photographic processes of the mid-19th century—this image showcases the medium's warm tones and fine detail, achieved by coating paper with egg whites (albumen) sensitized with silver salts. Produced during photography's explosive early growth, it reflects how amateurs like Henry, a British Army captain, documented scenic wonders with portable cam...