Château de Chambord
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521196.9
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of the Château de Chambord, The Loire Valley, France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view of the front is taken at an angle of 45° with 2 large trees, one of which has 2 benches underneath. Mid-ground is an avenue of small trees deliniating the main arrival route to the Château.
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