A view of a heavy gun at Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba
Underwood & Underwood
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1910
Materials
Card
Measurements
88 x 178 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520637
Summary
An albumen print stereograph depicting a view of a heavy gun at Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba. The print is mounted on stiff, curved, grey card with rounded corners. The images have curved tops and square bottoms. Recto printed in black ink on the right lower margin (8) A heavy old-time gun, Mortro Castle, S.E. up Harbor entreance - Cathedral (distant right), Havana, Cuba. Copyright 1908 by Underwood & Underwood. In the left hand margin printed in italic print in black ink Underwood & Underwood Publishers New York, London, Toronto- Canada, Ottawa- Kansas In the right hand margin Works and Studios Arlington N.J. Littleton N.H. Washington D.C. Verso there is a long and detailed description of the location, and at the bottom "A heavy old-time gun, Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba" in English, French, German and three other languages
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
Marks and inscriptions
Recto right lower margin: (8) A heavy old-time gun, Mortro Castle, S.E. up Harbor entrance - Cathedral (distant right), Havana, Cuba. Copyright 1908 by Underwood & Underwood. Recto left hand margin: Underwood & Underwood Publishers New York, London, Toronto- Canada, Ottawa- Kansas Recto right hand margin: Works and Studios Arlington N.J. Littleton N.H. Washington D.C. Verso: A long and detailed description of the location, and at the bottom "A heavy old-time gun, Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba" in English, French, German and three other languages
Makers and roles
Underwood & Underwood, publisher