The Cloisters, Tintern Abbey

Roger Fenton

National Gallery of Art

This grayscale photograph shows a group of individuals in front of an old stone structure with ornate archways and windows. Some people are sitting and others standing. Two women in dresses, cloaks, and bonnets are seated on a ledge, one of them holding an open book. A man with a top hat stands next them, and another man in a coat and bow tie stands by a gate in the background. A child stands to the left, leaning against a stone arch and facing us, wearing a dark, long-sleeved dress. Vegetation covers parts of the stone wall near the upper-right corner. The background features the grassy ground and the elaborate stone architecture of the building, including arches, windows, and decorative stonework.