Facade of unknown building
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
270 x 200 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520690.28
Summary
An albumen print photograph of the facade of a building, from a balcony with Corinthian columns on, which have ivy like plants around the bottom. The building has ornate stone work on, consisting of a door with a flight of steps up to, and columns topped by triangular carved pediments, alcoves with statues of figures on. The print is mounted directly onto the page in the album. There is some damage to the photograph - a small thumbnail piece is missing at the bottom.
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.