River valley and bridge, Cornwall
Frith and Co. [photographers]
Category
Photographs
Date
1850 - 1875
Materials
Card
Measurements
303 x 381 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520800
Summary
An Albumen print depicting river valley and bridge in Cornwall. The view is over the narrow river to the bridge with a house to the left with a faded horse and cart image extreme left. The print is surrounded by a grey border that is printed onto the card mount and is subject to foxing. Handwritten in pencil, recto bottom left is "In [illegible] Valley 2059". A printed paper label is attached to the verso bottom right, "Frith's Photo-Pictures the Universal Series".
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