A view of Flégère; the glacier and the Jorasses mountain
Category
Photographs
Date
1880 - 1900
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
83 x 171 x 3 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521067
Summary
A gelatine silver stereoscopic glass slide depicting a view from Flegere of the glacier and the Jorasses mountain in the French Alps. Two sheets of glass, one which has the image on one side and the other a cover glass. There is black paper binding around the edges to hold the whole slide together. The rectangular images have rounded corners. Markings: Numbered and captioned on the glass bottom left is "4540 La mer de Glaceet les Jorasses prises de la Flegere", bottom right appears to be "FERRIER pere fils et Voltier" (the font is very small and difficult to read)
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