Manchester Exhibition
Category
Photographs
Date
1888 - 1900
Materials
Paper
Measurements
97 x 145 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520688.22
Summary
An albumen print photograph depicting a fountain in the centre of an outdoor exhibition space at the Manchester Exhibition. Three women and a man are sitting/standing in the foreground next to a large walled pond. There are buildings in the background including a church within formal gardens. The Manchester Royal Jubilee Exhibition was held in 1887. The print is secured with broad paper borders. The corner shape is square. Markings: Handwritten in pencil on the page below the photograph: "Manchester Exhibition".
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.