River and Church scene
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
97 x 144 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520690.22
Summary
An albumen print photograph of a landscape scene, with a river in the foreground at the back of which is a man in a long rowing boat with an oar in front of him. In the background, on the right is a Church with a square tower, with a spire on top, situated in walled grounds with outlines of gravestones apparent. On the left are substantial buildings with smoke coming out of a chimney. 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 Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986.