The Engelberg from the village of Herbis
Category
Photographs
Date
1887
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
83 x 170 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521080
Summary
A silver nitrate stereoscopic glass slide depicting the Engelberg from the village of (?) Herbis, Switzeland. It shows 2 men holding food and 2 women talking in the foreground, in a village, with a large mountain in the background. The "Engelberg" is not a mountain, rather a resort village. The mountain is more likely the Titlis. 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 Engelberg from the village of (?) Herbis 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