A statue of Alexander, Museum of Naples, Italy
Category
Photographs
Date
1883 - 1888
Materials
Paper
Measurements
120 x 106 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520697.16
Summary
An albumen print photograph of a bronze statue of Alexander, Museum of Naples, Italy. It is an equestrian statue of Alexander the Great in bronze from Herculaneum, Italy, 1st century AD The print is mounted onto a white stiff card page on the lefthand side within an album. The photograph is in portrait format and has diagonally cut corners. Markings: Bottom of the page, below the photograph, handwritten in ink and underlined, are the words: 'Alexander '.
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