Rio De Janeiro, Entrada da Barra, depicted on a card jewellery box
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1910
Materials
Cardboard, Fabric tape
Measurements
80 x 80 x 30 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521182
Summary
Gelatine silver print depicting Rio De Janeiro, Entrada da Barra on a card jewellery box, that has a cloth hinge. The box has rounded corners and is brown and rough patterned. All the edges have a lighter brown surround. It has views of jungle in the foreground, with Sugar Loaf and other mountains across the bay. Markings: Printed in black on the print, "Rio De Janeiro, Entrada da Barra". On verso of lid, printed in purple within an ornate frame, "C Stockle, Unico Fabricants de Broches, Alfinetes e Bracheletes com. Nomes Monogrammas etc Em Fio de Curo. Casa Maeriz. Rua do Guvido 126 Rid de Janeiro". Below this, "Endereço Telegraphico "FIO" Caixa do Correio N.22"
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