Glen Lun. The Rustic Bridge
Francis Bedford British
Not on view
Bedford was one of the most successful commercial landscape photographers of his era. He created stunning views of the English countryside, particularly in and around the developing spa towns to which London’s middle classes flocked throughout the 1860s. Contemporary viewers familiar with Richard Doddridge Blackmore’s immensely popular novel Lorna Doone (1869) would have recognized these ethereal falls as the place where the title character meets her savior and future husband, John Ridd. Connecting the documentary to the fictional, Bedford’s photograph brings the story to life.
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