Side street view, off Rue de 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 1521196.12
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a side street view, off Rue de Denis Papin, Blois, The Loire Valley, France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from the Rue de Denis Papin, at the base of the steps that lead upto the statue of Denis Papin. In the foreground right, a woman and a child are descending some steps from a house, with another woman in the open doorway. In the background, in between the buildings is a large medieval looking tower.
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