St. Osyth's Priory
Medium
Albumen silver print from paper negative
Dimensions
21.1 x 27.2 cm. (8 5/16 x 10 11/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Paul F. Walter, in memory of Christopher Hemphill, 1987
Accession Number
1987.1183.67
Tags
Art Historical Context
Alfred Capel Cure's *St. Osyth's Priory* (1856) captures the majestic ruins of this historic English religious house in Essex, showcasing its Gothic arches and weathered stonework against a serene landscape. Cure, a pioneering British photographer specialized in architectural subjects during the 1850s, using his lens to document vanishing medieval heritage amid rapid industrialization. This albumen silver print, measuring 21.1 x .2 cm, invites viewers to appreciate the priory's timeless grandeur, evoking a sense of quiet reverence for Britain's architectural past. Printed from a paper negativ...
About the Artist
Alfred Capel Cure · 1826–1896
Alfred Capel Cure (1826–1896) was a British artist whose career unfolded during the Victorian era, a period of remarkable diversity and ambition in British art. Active in a landscape tradition shaped by the achievements of John Constable and J.M.W. Turner, Cure worked at a time when watercolor and drawing held an especially prominent place in English artistic culture, embraced both by professional...