Night Scene, “Ah! when shall all men’s good Be each man’s rule, and universal Peace Lie like a shaft of light across the land…”) –Alfred Lord Tennyson, “The Golden Year,” 1842. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.

Wynn Bullock, Night Scene, "Ah! when shall all men's good Be each man's rule, and universal Peace Lie like a shaft of light across the land...") --Alfred Lord Tennyson, "The Golden Year," 1842. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man., 1959, gelatin silver print, sheet: 7 ¹⁄₄ x 8 ⁷⁄₈ in. (18.4 x 22.5 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Container Corporation of America, 1984.124.37

Artwork Details

Title: Night Scene, “Ah! when shall all men’s good Be each man’s rule, and universal Peace Lie like a shaft of light across the land…”) –Alfred Lord Tennyson, “The Golden Year,” 1842. From the series Great Ideas of Western Man.
Artist: Wynn Bullock
Date: 1959
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sheet: 7 ¹⁄₄ x 8 ⁷⁄₈ in. (18.4 x 22.5 cm.)
Credit Line: Gift of Container Corporation of America
Mediums Description: gelatin silver print
Classifications: Photography
Photoprint
Subjects: Landscape — tree
Landscape — phenomenon — light
Landscape — time — night
Object Number: 1984.124.37
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1984.124.37