Lincoln Cathedral: From the Castle

Frederick H. Evans

1898

A platinum print photograph in which Frederick H. Evans frames Lincoln Cathedral as a solemn, almost spiritual monument rising above the everyday roofs of the town, using composition and subtle tonal gradations to inspire reverence.

You first notice a tight lattice of smoke‑streaked brick roofs and chimneys in the foreground that gives way to the cathedral’s soaring, lace‑like towers emerging through a soft haze.

Evans’s meticulous platinum prints helped elevate architectural photography into an art form—favoring tonal richness, precision, and atmosphere—and shaped how photographers and the public visually appreciate historic buildings.

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Art Terms

Photography Platinum print Architecture Cityscape Pictorialism Monochrome

Exhibitions

Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics

1940

Walker Evans: Photographs of Nineteenth-Century Houses

1933

Photography: Recent Acquisitions

1967

Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the Arnold H. Crane Collection

1979