DISCOVERART

Roger Fenton

Rievaulx Abbey, the High Altar

1854
Albumen silver print from glass negative
29.5 × 36.5 cm (11.6 × 14.4 in)

SEE IT IN PERSON

Not currently on view

In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

View at metmuseum.org ↗Plan a visit ↗

Discussion

Be the first to share your thoughts.

Sign in to join the discussion.

Community guidelines

More by Roger Fenton

[Still Life with Fruit][Still Life with Fruit][Royal Children in Tableau of the Seasons][Royal Children in Tableau of the Seasons][Reclining Odalisque][Reclining Odalisque]Landing Place, Ordnance Wharf, BalaklavaLanding Place, Ordnance Wharf, BalaklavaThe Miners' Bridge, on the Llugwy, North WalesThe Miners' Bridge, on the Llugwy, North Wales[Orientalist Study of a Woman][Orientalist Study of a Woman]The Council of War on the Morning of the Taking of the Mamelon. Lord Raglan, Omar Pasha, Marshal PélissierThe Council of War on the Morning of the Taking of the MamelThe Sanitary CommissionThe Sanitary Commission

More like this

Rivaulx Abbey. Looking Across the ChoirJoseph Cundall|Philip Henry Delamotte — Rivaulx Abbey. LookWhitbyBenjamin Brecknell Turner — WhitbyInterior, TinternAlfred Capel Cure — Interior, TinternThe Tomb of Sir W. Scott, in Dryburgh AbbeyWilliam Henry Fox Talbot — The Tomb of Sir W. Scott, in DrybRivaulx Abbey. Doorway of the RefectoryJoseph Cundall|Philip Henry Delamotte — Rivaulx Abbey. DoorFountains Abbey. Interior of Chapter HouseJoseph Cundall|Philip Henry Delamotte — Fountains Abbey. InRivaulx Abbey. Interior of the ChoirJoseph Cundall|Philip Henry Delamotte — Rivaulx Abbey. InteThe Tomb of Sir Walter Scott, in Dryburgh AbbeyWilliam Henry Fox Talbot — The Tomb of Sir Walter Scott, in Bolton Priory. From the SouthJoseph Cundall|Philip Henry Delamotte — Bolton Priory. FromFountains Abbey. Interior of the ChoirJoseph Cundall|Philip Henry Delamotte — Fountains Abbey. InMalmesburyAlfred Capel Cure — MalmesburyWenlock AbbeyAlfred Capel Cure — Wenlock Abbey