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Caswell Bay -1853 - Waves Breaking
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John Dillwyn Llewellyn, 1810 - 1882
Salted paper print from glass negative
Lindsey StewartLindsey Stewart
Photography expert and auctioneer

" I like this picture because although the photographer was basically trying to capture the motion of the waves - which he did successfully, despite the fact that at the time most of the exposures were still very slow - he has also taken what seems like quite an intimate portrait of a woman on the beach and it makes you sense that feeling of solitude that you get if you're alone on a beach just looking at the sea. "

Text adapted from spoken dialogue
Comments: Lindsey Stewart Susan Derges
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