Pendowan Point, Wales
Frith and Co. [photographers]
Category
Photographs
Date
1850 - 1875
Materials
Card
Measurements
308 x 381 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520803
Summary
An Albumen print depicting Pendowan Point in Wales. The view is from above, looking down onto the rocks below. 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 "Pendowan Point". Verso, top right handwritten in pencil is "Pendowan Point Wales". 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