York Minster (South West)
George Willis
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1880
Materials
Card
Measurements
Card size 85 x 174 mm
Place of origin
Scarborough
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520534
Summary
An albumen print stereograph depicting York Minster (South West) Print is mounted on heavy yellow card with rounded corners Images are straight edged with a 1mm gap between left and right images Markings: Recto: Printed in black ink vertically up left hand side: "Stereoscopic Views of Yorkshire Photographed by" and up right hand side: "George Willis, Londesboro' Terrace, Scarborough". Printed along bottom edge below images: "York Minster, South West". Verso: no markings
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
George Willis, photographer