Penrhyn slate quarry.
Francis Bedford (1816 - 1894)
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1870
Materials
Card
Measurements
111 x 64 mm; 86 mm (Height); 61 mm (Width)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1519518
Summary
A monochrome albumen carte de visite depicting Penrhyn slate quarry. Detached rock. Print mounted on white card. Recto: negative number 2117 Verso: F. Bedford photographer, by HRH Prince of Wales royal appointment.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton collection, agift from the British film Institute (BFI) in 2017. From 1986-1999, it was part of the BFI's collection for the Muyseum of the Moving Image (MOMI). The BFI purchased the collectiion in 1986 from James Fenton (Fenton Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man (1976-1986)
Makers and roles
Francis Bedford (1816 - 1894), photographic studio