after Burne-Jones's Perseus series, John Everett Millais's The Knight Errant, Harry Bates's Cupid and Psyche, and others, 8 platinotypes, 3 with studio stamps on verso, 2 with extensive early biblical verse inscriptions verso and at edges of recto, c.1880, v.s., 160 x 165mm. (6 1/4 x 6 1/2 in) to 280 x 200mm. (11 x 8 in), unframed (8) *** Frederick Hollyer was from a family of engravers, but developed an interest in photography in the 1860s. His preferred process was the 'platinotype', or platinum print, for the rich tonal range it could convey. He collaborated closely with several artists associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, most notably Frederick Lord Leighton, Edward Burne-Jones and George Frederic Watts, and was considered to have been as important in promoting their work visually as Ruskin had been through his writing, even prompting the artists themselves to re-evaluate a work, and thereby recording early states that would otherwise be unknown to us. Condition report disclaimer
after Burne-Jones's Perseus series, John Everett Millais's The Knight Errant, Harry Bates's Cupid and Psyche, and others, 8 platinotypes, 3 with studio stamps on verso, 2 with extensive early biblical verse inscriptions verso and at edges of recto, c.1880, v.s., 160 x 165mm. (6 1/4 x 6 1/2 in) to 280 x 200mm. (11 x 8 in), unframed (8) *** Frederick Hollyer was from a family of engravers, but developed an interest in photography in the 1860s. His preferred process was the 'platinotype', or platinum print, for the rich tonal range it could convey. He collaborated closely with several artists associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, most notably Frederick Lord Leighton, Edward Burne-Jones and George Frederic Watts, and was considered to have been as important in promoting their work visually as Ruskin had been through his writing, even prompting the artists themselves to re-evaluate a work, and thereby recording early states that would otherwise be unknown to us. Condition report disclaimer
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