St Getiens Cathedral, Tours, France
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521200.9
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of St Gatien Cathedral., Tours, France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from the ground level, and shows the front of the cathedral. It is partially surounded by wooden scaffolding, which reaches up the right hand tower. There are numerous people walking in front of the cathedral.
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