River Scene on the Llugwy, from near The Royal Oak, Bettws-y-Coed
Francis Bedford (1816 - 1894)
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1870
Materials
Card
Measurements
card size 84 x 173 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520382
Summary
An albumen print stereograph depicting a river scene on the Llugwy, from near the Royal Oak, Bettws-y-Coed. The scene depicts a still, wide river with overhanging trees on either side. The print is mounted on heavy yellow retangular card. There is a 1mm gap between the two rectangular images. Recto: Printed in brown ink, on the left hand edge: North Wales Illustrated, by Francis Bedford Printed in brown ink, on the right hand edge: 867. Bettws-y-Coed- River Scene on the Llugwy, From Neaer The Royal Oak Verso: Handwritten in black ink: Bettws y Coed July (11/68) sic
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 and publisher