The Ponte Vecchio, Florence, Italy
Category
Photographs
Date
1881 - 1888
Materials
Card
Measurements
197 x 250 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520694.11
Summary
An albumen print photograph depicting a general view of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy, with the buildings and rooftops of the city in the background. The view shows the rear of the shops and dwellings which line the bridge. The photograph is mounted onto a white stiff card page within an album. The photograph is in landscape format and has diagonally cut corners. Markings: handwritten in black ink above the photograph: "Florence" and below the photograph: "General View". Next to this, handwritten in pencil: "Ponte Vecchio".
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