The Ecole Militaire building, Paris
Category
Photographs
Date
1855 - 1860
Materials
Card
Measurements
card size 83 x 171 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520594
Summary
A salted paper print stereograph depicting possibly a part of the Ecole Militaire building, Paris. The image depicts possibly a rear entrance to the grand building. Visible in the centre of the image is a dome which has a flag flying from the flagpole. Print is mounted on off white card. Recto: Two arch shaped stereograph images with a 4mm gap. The images are mounted in arch shaped windows with thin gold borders. Verso: Handwritten in black ink in the top right hand corner: Paris
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