Interior of Fingal's Cave, Staffa
studio of G.W. Wilson & Co.
Category
Photographs
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card
Measurements
Single image, 78 x 72 mm
Place of origin
Aberdeen
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520459
Summary
An albumen print stereograph depicting the interior (looking outwards) of Fingal's cave at Staffa. The prints are mounted on yellow card with slightly rounded corners. Each print is square, and they are mounted with a millimetre gap between them. There is a piece of blue paper applied to the verso with markings upon it: Verso, bottom left, printed in black ink, 'Registered' Verso, centre, printed in black ink, 'Interior of Fingal's Cave, Staffa. No. 68.' Verso, bottom right, printed in black ink, 'G.W. WILSON, Photographer, Aberdeen' Verso, handwritten along the right edge of the card, illegible
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
studio of G.W. Wilson & Co., photographer