A river scene framed by a large tree
Category
Photographs
Date
Unknown
Materials
Glass
Measurements
43 x 107 x 1 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520992.5
Summary
A gelatine silver stereoscopic glass slide for a Taxiphote viewer, depicting a river scene from an elevated perspective. A large tree on foreground frames the picture and boats are mored on the rived bank with buildings and houses behind. A glass slide comprising two stereographic pictures separated by a glass section of the slide covered in black tape. The slide is edged with black tape. No markings.
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