A general view of Rapallo, North East Italy
Category
Photographs
Date
1883 - 1890
Materials
Paper
Measurements
204 x 279 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520699.7
Summary
An albumen print photograph of Rapallo, North East Italy. The print depicts a general view of the town in the mid-distance, with fruit trees in the foreground, taken from a slightly elevated view. The town is on the right, whilst to the left in the bay is the Castello sul Mare (Castle-on-the-Sea). The print is mounted onto the right hand page of the album on heavy white card. The photograph is in landscape format and has diagonally cut corners. Markings: Bottom of the page, handwritten in ink and underlined, are the words: 'Rapallo'
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