Accession Number
1991/1.110

Title
Badgeworthy Water and Doone Valley

Artist(s)
Francis Bedford

Artist Nationality
British (modern)

Object Creation Date
1850-1894

Medium & Support
albumen print on paper

Dimensions
14 15/16 in x 6 5/8 in (37.9 cm x 16.8 cm);7 7/8 in x 11 5/16 in (20 cm x 28.8 cm);16 in x 20 in (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of W. Howard and Margaret Bond

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 images represents the small river, Badgworthy Water, which flows through Malmsmead on Exmoor, between Devon and Somerset, England. The scene depicts the Doone Valley which is the setting for the novel Lorna Doone. In this idyllic view, a figure walks across a small bridge over the river. 

Physical Description
This photograph depicts a river stretching through a valley. The river water cascades over rocks in the foreground. A small road parallels the right back of the river. A small bridge with a figure connects the two sides of the valley in the middleground.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
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Keywords
bridges
bridges (built works)
fences (site elements)
hills
landscapes (representations)
rivers
road
rocks (landforms)
standing
valleys
valleys (landforms)
villages