Photo of Gobelin Tapestry, Governors Palace, Valetta, Malta
Category
Photographs
Date
1851 - 1870
Materials
Paper
Measurements
257 x 210 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520700.21
Summary
An albumen print photograph of one of the Gobelin Tapestries from the Grand Master's Palace in Valetta, Malta. The photo is in portrait format and is mounted on a paper page within an album. The tapestry features a man reclining against a tree looking up into the branches, there are a number of exotic birds and animals also.
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