Street scene and Church of St Leu, Amiens, Picardy, France
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521210.11
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a street scene and the Church of St Leu, Amiens, Picardy, France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from the ground level, and shows the a wide road street, bounded by 3 story houses, with 2 small carts, one being pulled by a man. There are a number of people walking on the pavement, including children and a dog. The Church of St Leu is in the mid-ground on the left hand side.
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