CRAVEN (WILLIAM)


Trees under Snow, lightly albumenized print, mounted, 365 x 295mm., 1856
|A rare and strikingly beautiful image by William, 2nd Earl of Craven (1809-1866), whose photographic work was rediscovered only at the end of the twentieth century. "Though a member of the newly formed Photographic Society, Craven rarely exhibited, preferring to develop his ideas in the privacy of his estate, Ashdown Park, some forty miles west of London" (Noel Chanan, William, Earl of Craven & The Art of Photography, 2006).Provenance: By descent to Lieutenant-Commander R.J.E. Craven; UK private collection.