The House of the Large Fountain, Pompei, Italy
Category
Photographs
Date
1883
Materials
Paper
Measurements
250 x 191 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520697.42
Summary
An albumen print photograph depicting the House of the Large Fountain, Pompei . A significant portion of the negative has been masked to provide a dark background in the print. In addition, the negative has been heavily retouched. The print is mounted onto a white stiff card page on the lefthand side within an album. The photograph is in portrate format and has diagonally cut corners. Markings: Bottom of the page, below the photograph, handwritten in ink and underlined, are the words: 'The House of the Large Fountain, Pompei'
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