The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 13, 2026

A horizontally oriented carbon print in muted sepia tones creates a soft, hazy scene of a harbor crowded with wooden sailing vessels. Large ships with complex rigging flank the foreground, their dark hulls reflecting in the still water. In the center, smaller boats drift near a hillside town rising toward a stone abbey with a central tower. Atmospheric light washes over the entire scene, casting the buildings and ships in deep brown and tan hues.

Whitby Harbor

c. 1885

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe

(British, 1853–1941)
England, 19th century
carbon print, toned, from glass negative
Image: 34.3 x 44 cm (13 1/2 x 17 5/16 in.); Paper: 34.8 x 44.5 cm (13 11/16 x 17 1/2 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1996.244
Location: Not on view
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: P. 352
  • {{cite web|title=Whitby Harbor|url=false|author=Frank Meadow Sutcliffe|year=c. 1885|access-date=13 May 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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