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Clovelly, North Hill

Francis Bedford

Artwork Details

Clovelly, North Hill
1850-1894
Francis Bedford
albumen print on paper
8 ½ x 6 1/8 in. (21.59 x 15.56 cm);19 x 14 in. (48.26 x 35.56 cm)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Hartsook through the Friends of the Museum of Art
1971/2.128

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. Laundry hangs on a clothesline between two houses, while a woman stands in a doorway on the right.

Physical Description:

This photograph depicts a woman walking into her home in a rural village after hanging laundry to dry on a clothesline. 

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