Panorama of Palermo
Category
Photographs
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
202 x 255 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520699.32
Summary
An albumen print photograph of Palermo, Sicily. The view is a panorama of the city and the bay taken from a high viewpoint and with mountains 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: "Panorama of Palermo" and in the bottom right corner "1888 Spring"
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