River with island scene
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
105 x 195 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520690.23
Summary
An albumen print photograph of a landscape scene, of a view overlooking a field, with a boundary of trees before a river in the background sweeping around. A small island, with a building on, is situated in the middle of the river. The river banks are lined with trees. 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 the 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.