Barmouth, from the West Hill
Francis Bedford (1816 - 1894)
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Measurements
84 x 173 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520371
Summary
An albumen print stereograph depicting a view of Barmouth, North Wales from the West Hill, with a stone wall in the foreground and a road, houses and a hill or mountain beyond. Print is mounted on yellow card with square corners and 2 square images. Recto: printed in black ink vertically on left edge 'North Wales Illustrated by Francis Bedford'. Printed in black ink on right edge '970. Barmouth, from the West Hill.' Verso: Written centre in black ink 'Barmouth North Wales'
Provenance
Part of 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
Makers and roles
Francis Bedford (1816 - 1894), photographer