Monument à Denis Papin, Blois
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521196.11
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view the Monument à Denis Papin Blois, The Loire Valley, France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken the bottom of steps leading upto the statue, with trees either side. The steps surround a large floral arrangement. On the left hand side there are electricity/telephone wires suspended between poles. There are several figures walking/sitting on the steps and a bicycle resting against a lampost at the bottom.
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
Makers and roles
Austin Edwards Frena Films, photographic film manufacturer