St Catherine of Siena
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1899
Materials
Paper
Measurements
259 x 203 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520687.31
Summary
An albumen print photograph of a painting, depicting St. Catherine of Siena. In half-portrait, St. Catherine is depicted seated with a lily stem, a book resting on a skull and a simple crucifix. The print is mounted directly onto the page in the album and hand-captioned below in black ink 'S Catherine of Siena'. 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.