Pigeons at Singleton; Caswell
1853–56
Medium
Albumen silver print and salted paper print
Dimensions
Image: 6.4 × 7.4 cm (2 1/2 × 2 15/16 in.) (a) Image: 12.8 × 17.7 cm (5 1/16 × 6 15/16 in.) (b)
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 (14a, b)
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
James Knight|M.D.
James Knight was a British artist active during the mid-nineteenth century, best known for his work as a photographer producing salted paper prints. His identity remains somewhat elusive in historical records, though he is documented as working in Britain during the 1850s and 1860s. No details of his early life, formal training, or artistic mentors have been identified in available sources. Knigh...