Penllergare Garden From the Morning Room
1853–56
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 15.2 × 20.2 cm (6 in. × 7 15/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.382 (59)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the serene world of mid-19th-century Wales with *Penllergare Garden From Morning Room*, a captivating albumen silver print by Knight, created between 1853 and 1856. This intimate photograph peers out from the morning room of the Penllergare estate framing the lush gardens and rolling landscapes beyond. Knight, an early practitioner of photography, masterfully captures the picturesque beauty of this Victorian-era haven, where manicured lawns and wooded vistas evoke the Romantic ideal of nature's harmony. The albumen silver print, a hallmark of 1850s photography, uses a coating of egg...