Siena
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1899
Materials
Paper
Measurements
259 x 203 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520687.22
Summary
An albumen print photograph depicting a street scene in Siena. There are a number of arches between the building on either side of a gently rising paved walkway. 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 right 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