Talbot's Tower, Falaise Castle
Medium
Albumen silver print from paper negative
Dimensions
21.3 x 27.8 cm. (8 3/8 x 10 15/16 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
1987.1183.77
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the storied world of 19th-century photography with *Talbot's Tower, Fise Castle* (1856), an albumen silver print by British photographer Alfred Capel Cure Capturing the imposing stone tower of Falaise Castle in Normandy, France—a medieval fortress linked to William the Conqueror's birthplace—this image showcases Cure's passion for architectural subjects. At 21.3 x 27.8 cm, the print invites viewers to explore the castle's rugged textures and dramatic silhouette against the sky, evoking the romance of Gothic ruins during the Victorian era's fascination with history. Printed from a pa...
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...