Siena
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1899
Materials
Paper
Measurements
201 x 258 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520687.19
Summary
An albumen print photograph depicting a view of the Piazza del Campo (Campo Square) and the Mangia Tower (Torre del Mangia) in Siena. Immediately below the picture written in black ink is the title 'Siena'. The print is mounted directly onto the page in the album. The print carries the photographer's blind-stamp 'Cav. Paolo Lombardi, Fotografo', bottom left corner.
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