View on the river Llugwy, Bettwys-y-Coed
Francis Bedford (1816 - 1894)
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1870
Materials
Card
Measurements
Card size 84 x 172 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520384
Summary
An albumen print stereograph depicting the River Llugwy in North West Wales; with trees on the banks at either side in the background, and large stepping stones in the foreground, with a man seated on stone nearest camera. Print is mounted on heavy yellow card with square corners Images are straight edged with a <1mm gap between left and right images Markings: Recto: Printed in brown ink up the left hand side: "North Wales Illustrated. by Francis Bedford". Printed in brown ink up the right hand side: "887. Bettwys-y-Coed - View on the Llugwy, with stepping stones" Verso: Label affixed in top left corner, printed in black ink: "Sold by G.L. Woodley, Central Library, Llandudno"
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