The British Museum, London.
Category
Photographs
Date
1905 - 1915
Materials
Glass
Measurements
30 x 65 x 1 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521128.4
Summary
A gelatine silver stereoscopic glass slide manufactured by Mignon-Stéréo, depicting The British Museum, London. The image is of the front entrance of the British Museum, showing the open ornate iron gates, with two people in the foreground, 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: "The British Museum." Bottom left: " Das Britische Museum." Bottom right: "Musee Britannique." See General Note.
Provenance
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