The Cathedral (Duomo) and Bell Tower (Campanile) Florence, Italy
Category
Photographs
Date
1881 - 1888
Materials
Card
Measurements
199 x 245 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520694.13
Summary
An albumen print photograph depicting an elevated view of the exterior of the Cathedral (Duomo) and Bell Tower (Campanile), Florence, Italy, across the rooftops of nearby buildings. 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: "The Cathedral, with Campanile".
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