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COLONEL HENRY STUART WORTLEY (1832-1890) Moon Rising Over Church Tower. Albumen composite print, the image measuring 11 3/4x14 1/8 inches (29.8x35.9 cm.), the mount 19 3/8x24 1/2 inches (49.2x62.2 cm.), with Wortley's signature, his notation "From Nature," and a four line poem in ink on mount recto. Circa 1863
The poem reads: "I stood on the bridge at midnight / As the clocks were striking the hour / And the moon rose o'er the city / Behind the dark church towers."
Provenance: Serge Kakou, Paris
An exhibition of Wortley's photographs titled Natural Variations was shown at the Huntington Library in 1994 along with a small catalogue. A large collection of Wortley's work is owned by the Getty who loaned to the exhibition.
