Numerous horse-drawn carriages, in a mountainous setting.
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521210.14
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting numerous horse-drawn carriages, in a mountainous setting. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from ground level and shows numerous horse-drawn carriages and their drivers milling around. In the mid-ground are individual buildings dotted around, central is an unusual design of glass building with a domed and turretted roof. There are high mountains 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