Cathedral at Metz, France
Category
Photographs
Date
1883 - 1888
Materials
Paper
Measurements
128 x 206 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520698.4
Summary
An albumen print photograph of the Cathedral at Metz, France. The print depicts a view of the Cathedral. It is mounted at the bottom left hand of the page. One of three prints on this page. 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; 'Metz' Bottom below the photograph, handwritten in ink and underlined, are the words: 'The Cathedral' Bottom of the page, below the photographs on the righthand side, handwritten in ink and underlined, are the words: '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