The Water Gardens at Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England.
Category
Photographs
Date
1880
Materials
Glass
Measurements
82 x 164 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521103
Summary
A silver nitrate stereoscopic glass slide depicting The Water Gardens at Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England. There is bridge over the water in the mid distance, on which 3 ladies are standing/sitting. The 2 images are on a single sheet of glass. There is no form of border. The rectangular images have square corners and no gap between the images. Handwritten on white tape on the top left hand side of the left hand image is the number "4".
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