Don Quixote in His Study, 1857, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: 31.9 x 28 cm (12 9/16 x 11 in.), Photographs, William Frederick Lake Price (British, London 1810–1896 Lee, Kent), This carefully staged tableau was among the most widely admired Victorian photographs. Price self-consciously sought to elevate the still-new medium to the level of 'high art' by emulating the ambitious literary subjects, expressive gestures, and period details of grand history painting
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