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William England

Artist

WA-00026990

PrintmakingPhotography

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None documented

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90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ3380308

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1967

Source Registry (2)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1734
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/william-england
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

William England was a British photographer and stereoscopic innovator whose work defined landscape documentation in the mid-nineteenth century. He pioneered the commercial application of stereoscopic photography, producing paired images for the mass market that brought three-dimensional viewing into Victorian parlors. His extensive archive spans architectural and natural subjects across Britain and continental Europe, establishing the visual vocabulary for landscape photography as both scientific record and aesthetic object.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (16)

The Dining Rooms

1862 · albumen print on cardboard, paper

width: 175 cm, height: 83 cm

Rijksmuseum

The International Exhibition of 1862

1862 · albumen print on paper, cardboard

width: 174 cm, height: 85 cm

Rijksmuseum

Interieur van het Palace of Art and Industry op de Wereldtentoonstelling van 1862, gezien vanaf de westzijde

1862 · albumen print on cardboard, paper

width: 175 cm, height: 85 cm

Rijksmuseum

WattsOS

[86 Stereographic Views of The International Exhibition of 1862]

1862 · Albumen silver prints from glass negatives with applied color

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Niagara Suspension Bridge

1859 · Albumen silver print

9 1/2 × 11 1/2" (24.1 × 29.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Gezicht op de Derrycunihy Waterfall bij Killarney

1858 · albumen print on cardboard, photographic support

height: 85 cm, width: 170 cm

Rijksmuseum

Views of Italy, Switzerland and Savoy

1850 · albumen print on cardboard, photographic support

width: 173 cm, height: 83 cm

Rijksmuseum

La Giesbach Pres du Lac de Brienz. Suisse, from the series "Views of Switzerland"

1850 · Albumen print, stereo, No. 57

Each image: 7.5 × 7.6 cm (3 × 3 in.); Card: 8.3 × 17.2 cm (3 5/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Unknown, from the series "Views of Switzerland"

1850 · Albumen print, stereo

Each image: 7.4 × 7.6 cm (2 15/16 × 3 in.); Card: 8.3 × 17.2 cm (3 5/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cascade de Barberine de la Tete Noire. Savoie, from the series "Views of Switzerland"

1850 · Albumen print, stereo, No. 53

Each image: 7.5 × 7.6 cm (3 × 3 in.); Card: 8.3 × 17.2 cm (3 5/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gorges de Sallanches, Savoie, no. 27 from the series "Views of Switzerland"

1850 · Albumen print, stereo

Each image: 7.5 × 7.6 cm (3 × 3 in.); Card: 8.3 × 17.2 cm (3 5/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Chateau de Rougemont. Thun. Suisse, No. 120 from the series "Views of Switzerland"

1850 · Albumen print, stereo

Each image: 7.5 × 7.6 cm (3 × 3 in.); Card: 8.3 × 17.2 cm (3 5/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Galerie Sun La Route De La Via Mala, Suisse, No. 196 from the series "Views of Italy, Switzerland and Savoy"

1850 · Albumen print, stereo

Each image: 7.5 × 7.6 cm (3 × 3 in.); Card: 8.3 × 17.2 cm (3 5/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

La Vallee de Lauterbrunnen. Suisse, No. 98 from the series "Views of Switzerland"

1850 · Albumen print, stereo

Each image: 7.5 × 7.6 cm (3 × 3 in.); Card: 8.3 × 17.2 cm (3 5/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

La Mare De Glace Chamounix. Savoie, No. 38 from the series "Views of Italy, Switzerland and Savoy"

1850 · Albumen print, stereo

Each image: 7.5 × 7.6 cm (3 × 3 in.); Card: 8.3 × 17.2 cm (3 5/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

View from the Interior of the Glacier at Grindelwald, Suisse, No. 304 from the series "Views of Switzerland"

1850 · Albumen print, stereo

Each image: 7.5 × 7.6 cm (3 × 3 in.); Card: 8.3 × 17.2 cm (3 5/16 × 6 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (4)

16 published of 17 catalogued · 16 with image

Art Institute Chicago
9 published9 img
Rijksmuseum
5 published5 img
MoMA
1 publishedof 2 catalogued2 img
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 5)

5 entries · 1 sources

Gezicht op de Derrycunihy Waterfall bij Killarney
1858 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The International Exhibition of 1862
1862 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Dining Rooms
1862 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Views of Italy, Switzerland and Savoy
1850 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Interieur van het Palace of Art and Industry op de Wereldtentoonstelling van 1862, gezien vanaf de westzijde
1862 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Movements1

Photography

Collections4

Rijksmuseum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Steichen Gallery Reinstallation

New York · 1967