A Merry Tale

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Henry Peach Robinson / English, 1830–1901
Date: 1882, printed January 1890
Medium: Photogravure, from "Sun Artists, Number 2" (1890)
Dimensions: Image: 12.4 × 18.1 cm (4 15/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Paper: 27.9 × 38.2 cm (11 × 15 1/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: photogravure
Style: Pictorialism
Place: England
Department: Photography and Media
Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Lucia Woods
Accession no.: 1976.164

On the Slopes of Cader-Idris, The Last Load of Hay
Henry Peach Robinson
1883 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006511
Carolling
Henry Peach Robinson
1887, printed January 1890 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006607
Dawn and Sunset
Henry Peach Robinson
1885, printed January 1890 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006609
When the Day's Work is Done
Henry Peach Robinson
1877, printed January 1890 · Photograph
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006610