Photograph of Eeswyke

Photograph of Eeswyke

Rupert Potter

1896

photographic

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

Rupert Potter took this photo in 1896. He was Beatrix Potter’s father and a photographer who started in the 1860s. He also helped painter Sir John Everett Millais by photographing backgrounds and sitters. Rupert shot landscapes too. The photo shows Eeswyke, a place the Potter family visited often. He became a member of the Photographic Society of London in 1869. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more of his work.

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