id: 159025 accession number: 1995.231 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.231 updated: 2024-08-08 15:17:00.170000 A Priory, Lyminge, 1853. George B. Shepherd (British). Salted paper print from calotype negative; image: 17.8 x 22.2 cm (7 x 8 3/4 in.); matted: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1995.231 title: A Priory, Lyminge title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1853 creation date earliest: 1853 creation date latest: 1853 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: England, 19th century technique: salted paper print from calotype negative department: Photography collection: PH - British 19th Century type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * George B. Shepherd (British) - artist George B. Shepherd British, active 1850s George Shepherd was known for making fine salt and albumen prints, from both calotypes and waxed paper negatives, of Dover, Canterbury, Hastings, and their environs. These consisted of coastal landscapes, studies of Dover Castle, and town scenes of streets, churches, shops, and squares. He occasionally included figures in his images to provide a sense of scale and activity. K.L.C. --- measurements: Image: 17.8 x 22.2 cm (7 x 8 3/4 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in negative: "G. Shepherd Lyminge 1853"; in pencil on recto: "H"; in ink: "216"; in pencil on verso: "Mowll [?] No. 50 Priory" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Reproduced: P. 318 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.231/1995.231_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.231/1995.231_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1995.231/1995.231_full.tif