Classical statue of a male nude, possibly Achilles
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1870
Materials
Card
Measurements
85 x 52.5 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520686.17
Summary
An albumen print photograph of a sculpture, in carte de visite format, mounted in a white stiff card page within an album. The window of the mount is portrait format and has curved corners. It is surrounded by a 5mm wide embossed margin. The picture depicts a classical statue of a male nude, possibly Achilles. The statue is a full upright standing figure. His left arm is bent at a rightangle and his left hand is clasped where he would possibly have been holding a spear. The statue is mounted on a plinth.
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