Waterfront buildings in Osaka, Japan.
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1900
Materials
Paper
Measurements
Image size 89 x 137 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520767.44
Summary
A hand-coloured albumen print photograph in landscape format, depicting a waterfront view of Osaka, Japan. There are buildings with steps leading to the water and boats moored. Captioned photographically in the negative is "View of Osaka".
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.