A Merry Tale
A Merry Tale dates to 1882. Widely published, even during Robinsons lifetime, it features five models- women-farmhands- who are collectively taking a break in the middle of a pathway. In the midst of their task of foraging, (wild berries?) their baskets and water jug placed on the ground at foreground, they laugh among themselves during the recounting of a “merry tale”.
Henry Peach Robinson: 1830-1901
Henry Peach Robinson was an English pictorialist photographer best known for his pioneering combination printing– joining multiple negatives or prints to form a single image; an early example of photomontage. He engaged in contemporary debates in the photographic press and associations about the legitimacy of ‘art photography’ and in particular the combining of separate images into one. -Wikipedia (2024)
