Piccadilly Circus, London.
Category
Photographs
Date
1905 - 1915
Materials
Glass
Measurements
30 x 65 x 1 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521128.2
Summary
A gelatine silver stereoscopic glass slide manufactured by Mignon-Stéréo, depicting Piccadilly Circus, London. The image is of the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, with several people standing by its steps, dressed in Edwardian clothing. The slide is a single piece of glass, unmounted and unframed. There is a black border around each image, and a black panel between them. Within the black border is written: Top left: "Mignon-Stéréo" Top right: "London - Londres" Bottom centre: "Picadilly (sic) Circus." See General Note.
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.