Printed list of stereoscopic slides of the Vatican in Box 2.
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1930 - 1940
Materials
Paper
Measurements
152 x 106 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521126.40
Summary
A printed page listing the contents of Box 2 - stereoscopic glass slides of the Vatican. The paper is a buff colour, possibly originally white or cream. It is printed in black ink on one side, with the following text: 2 VATICAN Views on glass for Stereolyte and Lantern Projection 1) The Laocoon. 2) Octagonal court-yard. 3) Room of the "Biga". 4) Apollo Belvedere. 5) Perseus. 6) The "Torso" of the "Belvedere". 7) The Nile. 8) The Sixtine chapel: the Universal Judgement. 9) The Stanze of Raffaello: Fire of the "Borgo". 10) The Stanze of Raffaello: The School of Athens. 11) The Stanze of Raffaelllo: The Parnass. 12) The Loggia of Raffaello. Vatican Forbidden reproduction. Verso: Handwritten in red ballpoint ink: "2" and in blue crayon: "3,400".
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.