Pont des Bergues, Geneva.
Category
Photographs
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
181 x 255 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520699.29
Summary
An albumen print photograph of the Pont des Bergues, Geneva. The view is across the river and bridge to the city buildings centre and background. The photograph has diagonally cut corners. The print is in landscape and is mounted on a page of heavy white card. Markings: Below the print, handwritten in black ink and underlined, are the words: " Geneva and the Pont des Bergues" and in the lower right corner, "1890".
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