Freshwater Bay Arch and Stag Rocks Isle of Wight England – Historic Photograph Print
![Freshwater Bay Arch and Stag Rocks Isle of Wight England, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a7/a71a430e4be2-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Freshwater Bay Arch and Stag Rocks Isle of Wight England, a historic print rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Freshwater Bay Arch and Stag Rocks Isle of Wight England
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Freshwater Bay, on the Isle of Wight's southwest coast, takes its character from the natural stone arch and the offshore rock called Stag Rock, which anchor this view. The scene was recorded as a photochrom, a color process developed in Switzerland in the 1880s that combined photography with hand-prepared lithographic stones. Detroit Publishing Company sold such views in the United States, and this example appears in its 1905 catalog of England scenes. Victorian travelers prized seaside sights like this one, and the process gives the cliffs and water a soft, layered warmth.
| Created / published | [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom color. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. Catalogue J, 1905. Print no. 11191. Views of England |
| Source | Library of Congress, Photochrom Prints |
| Original scan | 3,638 × 2,800 px · prints to 12 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1167_Freshwater_Bay_Arch_and_1890.tif-08979u |
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