Women washing clothes in the River Loire, Blois
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521196.17
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of women washing clothes in the River Loire, France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from the river bank across the river. The 8 women in the foreground, are using tables to wash the clothes and each has an umbrella to protect them. There are 2 further women on the far bank. They must be on the edge of town as there are only trees in the background.
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