Vue de Sallanches et de la vallee (Savoie), France
Category
Photographs
Date
1880 - 1885
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
85 x 172 x 3 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521132.10
Summary
A gelatine silver stereoscopic glass slide depicting Vue de Sallanches et de la vallee (Savoie), France. The image shows a view looking down the valley towards the commune of Sallanches in the region of Savoie, France. Part of a series by Ferrier père, fils et Soulier (Charles Soulier and Claude-Marie Ferrier) is visible on the bottom righthand side of the slide. A glass slide comprising two stereographic pictures on one piece of glass, and covered with a second piece of glass inside. There is black paper around the outer edges to bind the two pieces of glass. Markings: On a white paper label on the lefthand edge of the slide is handwritten in black ink: "4514, Vue de Sallanches et de la vallee" Printed within the black border of the slide, bottom left, is: "4514, Vue de Sallanches et de la vallee (Savoie)". Printed within the black border of the slide, bottom right, is: "Ferrier pere, fils et Soulier"
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