View of Marsamuscet, Malta
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1880
Materials
Card
Measurements
Card size 63 x 101 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520081
Summary
A monochrome albumen print in carte de visite format, depicting a view of Marsamuscet, Malta. Print is mounted on heavy white card Recto: Printed in pale brown ink, "No.2611, Marsamuscet, Malta" Verso: Printed in brown ink, "Sommer & Behles, Photographes, Naples, Monte di Dio No.4 p'er E'ge; Rome, Mario di fiore No.28. p'er E'ge" (sic)
Provenance
From the The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986