Mosaic in the Church of the Martorana, Palermo
Category
Photographs
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
252 x 206 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520699.41
Summary
An albumen print photograph of a mosaic in the Church of the Martorana in Palermo, representing Ad. Georgias Antiochenos at the feet of the Virgin.The picture is in fine detail of the central mosaic and some of the surrounding images. The photograph has diagonally cut corners. The print is in portrait and is mounted on a page of heavy white card. Markings: Below the print, handwritten in black ink and underlined, are the words: " Mosaic in the Church of the Martorana representing Ad. Georgias Antiochenos at the feet of the Virgin" .
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