Twin towers, guarding a gate at Marmoutier Abbey, Tours, France
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521200.15
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting twin towers, guarding a gate at Marmoutier Abbey, Tours, France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from the ground level on the Rue Saint Martin and shows, possibly an 18th century gate, located just west of the enclosure, which allowed pilgrims to go directly to the Abbey without going through the private area.
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