Quattro Cantoni, Palermo.
Category
Photographs
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
246 x 206 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520699.36
Summary
An albumen print photograph of the Quattro Cantoni, Palermo. The view is of a baroque style building centre, three storeys high adorned with statues and carvings. There are two streets heading left and right. There are a number of men in the photo, with some blurring and indistinct images where they have moved during exposure. 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: " Quattro Cantoni, Palermo". Now known as Quattro Canti and officially known as Piazza Vigliena.
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