Discobolus or quoit thrower, Museum of Naples
Category
Photographs
Date
1883 - 1888
Materials
Paper
Measurements
137 x 106 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520697.23
Summary
An albumen print photograph of a classical bronze statue of an athlete in movement on a plinth. The print is mounted on the upper centre of the white stiff card page. The photograph is in portrait format and has diagonally cut corners. Markings: Bottom of the page, below the photograph, handwritten in black ink and underlined, are the words: '"Discobolus or a quoit thrower". The photograph is on a page entitled "The Museum Naples".
Provenance
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