Little Red Riding Hood
- Artist
- Henry Peach Robinson, English, 1830–1901
- Date
- 1858
- Material
- Albumen print
- Classification
- Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 9 3/16 x 7 3/8 in. (23.3 x 18.7 cm)
sheet: 9 3/16 x 7 3/8 in. (23.3 x 18.7 cm)
mount: 18 7/8 x 13 11/16 in. (47.9 x 34.8 cm) - Credit Line
- Martin Schweig Memorial Fund for Photography
- Rights
- Contact Us
- Object Number
- 263:1979
NOTES
Henry Peach Robinson's print is the second in an extremely rare series of four pictures illustrating this famous children's tale. The photograph displays a technical virtuosity unrivaled in the 1850s. Working at a time when photographic chemistry required long exposures, Robinson nevertheless managed to give the girl a spontaneous, candid facial expression that looks natural in spite of the photograph's early date.
One of the most influential photographers of the nineteenth century, Robinson argued for a photographic art based on conscious composition; that is, one in which the photographer carefully planned and arranged the subject, often with the aid of preliminary sketches, before making a picture.
Provenance
- 1979
Kamp Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA
1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Kamp Gallery [1]
Notes:
[1] Invoice dated October 17, 1979 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, October 10, 1979.
Kamp Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA
1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Kamp Gallery [1]
Notes:
[1] Invoice dated October 17, 1979 [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, October 10, 1979.