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Study of Foliage — Major Francis Gresley

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Written by: Tarık ÖzdemirSpecialist · Miniature Painting
Miniature Painting · Catalogue no. 689043
Major Francis Gresley

Study of Foliage

StatusReference work · Not for sale
Held byNational Gallery of Art, Washington
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Artist / MakerMajor Francis Gresley
Datec. 1863
Culture / OriginBritish
Mediumalbumen silver print
Dimensionssheet/image: 19 × 23.4 cm (7 1/2 × 9 3/16 in.)
DepartmentPhotograph
TypePhotograph
About the Artist

Major Francis Gresley British, active 1860s Little is known of Francis Gresley. He was a member of the Amateur Photographic Association of Great Britain who lived in Bawdly and Leamington in the late 1860s. He showed his work in many of the association's annual exhibitions, winning prizes in 1862, 1863, 1865, and 1868. Gresley is represented in two of the association's albums in a British collection, and published an article in the British Journal of Photography in 1863. His best… Full biography →

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Image & data: National Gallery of Art, Washington · Licence: CC0.

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