View of cliffs in Cornwall
Frith and Co. [photographers]
Category
Photographs
Date
1850 - 1875
Materials
Card
Measurements
305 x 382 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520791
Summary
An Albumen print depicting a view of cliffs in Cornwall, the view is from the top of the clifs looking towards cliffs with the sea to the left. The print is surrounded by a grey border that is printed onto the card mount, which is subject to slight foxing. Handwritten in pencil, recto bottom left is "1539 [illigible] Cornwall". Verso is blank.
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
Makers and roles
Frith and Co. [photographers] , photographer and publisher