Geneva, Rousseau's Island, and Mont Blanc
Category
Photographs
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
195 x 251 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520699.30
Summary
An albumen print photograph of Geneva. The view is across a bridge which has people and horse drawn vehicles, one of which appears to be running on rails. The view is described as Rousseau's Island, and Mont Blanc, however, Mont Blanc is not now visible in the photograph. 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 with Mont Blanc and Rousseau's Island" .
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