1845
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Arch in Farmyard, Swansea is a 1845 by Calvert Richard Jones, a Romanticism work, depicting Gate, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
You see a old farmyard with an arch in the center, and a person leaning against it. This painting is interesting because it shows a quiet moment in a rural setting. The artist included a figure to give a sense of scale. To learn more about similar architectural views, check out the work of the museum: The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Educated as a mathematician, musician, and clergyman, Jones was an accomplished daguerreotypist before he was introduced to the calotype by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1845. Jones's pictures were taken primarily in Wales, England, Ireland, and the Mediterranean and often depicted complex compositions of ruins, landscape, and rustic architecture. To provide a sense of scale and human presence, he almost always included figures in his architectural views (here a lone individual leans against the archway). In this photograph Jones also alluded to the inevitable passage of time by contrasting the…
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Calvert Richard Jones (4 December 1804 – 7 November 1877) was a Welsh mathematician and painter, best known for his seascapes.
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