In Lauterbrunnen Valley
Category
Photographs
Date
1887
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
83 x 170 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521079
Summary
A silver nitrate stereoscopic glass slide depicting the Lauterbrunnen Valley, Switzerland. It shows farm buildings in the foreground, with snow covered mountains in the background. Two sheets of glass, one which has the image on one side and the other a cover glass. There is brown paper binding around the edges to hold the whole slide together. The rectangular images have rounded corners and a 2mm gap between the images. Handwritten markings on white tape to the left of the images - " The Lauterbrunnen Valley CP photo 1887".
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