The Sun 1892 February 13
Category
Photographs
Date
1852 - 1910
Materials
Paper
Measurements
162 x 160 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520705.11
Summary
A monochrome gelatine silver developing out print depicting The Sun 1892 February 13 The picture has been photographically captioned from the negative black lines dividing the image in quarters parallel with the photograph edges and 4 white lines between image and photographs edge appear to denote axis tilt Print is mounted on paper and attached to album page. Picture captioned above on the album page in black ink and underlined The Sun 1892 February 13 Picture captioned below on the album page in red ink and underlined Photographed at The Royal Observatory, Greenwich
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