Comet 1901 I., 1901 May 9
Category
Photographs
Date
1852 - 1910
Materials
Paper
Measurements
154 x 152 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520705.22
Summary
A monochrome gelatine silver developing out print depicting Comet 1901 I., 1901 May 9 Print is mounted on paper and attached to album page. Picture captioned above on the album page in black ink and underlined Comet 1901 I., 1901 May 9 Picture captioned below on the album page in red ink and underlined Photographed at Perth Observatory, Western Australia
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.