Birds eye view Munich
Category
Photographs
Date
1883 - 1888
Materials
Paper
Measurements
68 x 339 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520698.24
Summary
An albumen print photograph of Munich Germany. The print depicts the streets of Munich with dwellings and churches. This is a sweeping view of Munich (Panorama photograph) The print is mounted onto an album page of heavy white card. The photograph is in landscape format and has diagonally cut corners. Markings: Top of the page handwritten in ink and underlined, are the words; Bottom of the page, below the photograph, handwritten in ink and underlined, are the words: ' Birds eye View Munich" and 'April 1884'.
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