Hadrian's Wall, England

Brian Merrett, Canadian, 1945 - 2023

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1984

Gelatin silver print

Image: 9 1/8 × 9 in. (23.1 × 22.9 cm)

Sheet: 13 15/16 × 11 in. (35.4 × 27.9 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Parnassus Foundation

2010.80.37

Geography

Place Made: Canada, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Photograph

Research Area

Photograph

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, dated, and signed, on reverse, in graphite, lower left: HADRIAN'S WALL, ENGLAND / MAY 1984. Lower right: © BRIAN MERRETT. On interior mat, lower left: HADRIAN'S WALL, ENGLAND / MAY 1984. Lower right: © BRIAN MERRETT / 3699 STE. FAMILLE / MONTREAL H2X2L5; signed, on mat, in graphite, lower right: BRIAN MERRETT, '84.

Exhibition History

A Legacy for Learning: The Jane and Raphael Bernstein Collection; Landscape(d): Modern Photography and the Environment; William B. Jaffe Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; April 3-August 1, 2021.

Publication History

John R. Stomberg, A Legacy for Learning: The Jane and Raphael Bernstein collection; Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, Hood Museum of Art, 2021, listed p.95.

Provenance

Brian Merrett and John Russell Harper, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; sold to the Parnassus Foundation, May 9, 1986; given to present collection, 2010.

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