River and reeds scene
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
100 x 150 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520690.21
Summary
An albumen print photograph of a landscape scene, of a river in the foreground, with reeds in the background, a bridge on the right and buildings on the left. On the edge of the reeds is a board which states ' NOTICE PASS IN FRONT BEHIND DANGEROUS'. The print is mounted directly onto the page in the album. The left hand edge is not straight, appears to have been hand cut before sticking in.
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 ther Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976 - 1986.