General View of Amiens, North East France
Category
Photographs
Date
1883 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
218 x 287 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520699.1
Summary
An albumen print photograph of a General View of Amiens, North East France. The print depicts a view of the city dominated by the Roman Catholic cathedral which is centrally located in the image. The print is mounted onto the lefthand side an album page of heavy white card. The photograph is in landscape format and has diagonally cut corners. Markings: Bottom of the page, handwritten in ink and underlined, are the words: 'General View of Amiens'
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