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Clovelly from the Hobby

Francis Bedford

Artwork Details

Clovelly from the Hobby
1850-1894
Francis Bedford
albumen print on paper
6 1/4 in x 8 9/16 in (15.9 cm x 21.8 cm)
Transfer from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
1980/1.185

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Description

Subject Matter:

Francis Bedford was an acclaimed British landscape photographer with a background in illustration. His photographs seek to balance the natural and man-made worlds. This photograph depicts the historic fishing village of Clovelly which is nestled in a harbor in Devonshire, England. Bedford made the photograph from the Hobby, providing the perspective of looking through trees, down at the village which seems small enveloped by wilderness. 

Physical Description:

This photograph depicts a village situated on a harbor. The village is seen from the perspective of a viewer standing at the top of one of the harbor's cliffs.

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