A view of La Cervara Abbey, North East Italy
Category
Photographs
Date
1883 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
208 x 277 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520699.10
Summary
An albumen print photograph of the La Cervara Abbazia (Abbey) di San Girolamo al Monte di Portofino,between Santa Margherita and Porto Fino, North East Italy. The print depicts a view of the Abbey in the mid-distance, taken from across the bay. To its right the hills rise, with another large building at the top. The print is mounted onto the left hand page of the album on 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: 'La Cervara, between Santa Margherita and Porto Fino'
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