Opéra Garnier
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Paper
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520690.12
Summary
An albumen print photograph depicting the front of the Opéra Garnier or 'Palais Opéra' in Paris, France. The building of the Opera was started in 1862 but not completed until 1875 The print is mounted directly onto the page in the album.
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