Porte de la Fruiterie and the South Portal, Chartres Cathedral, Chartres, France
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521219.13
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of the Porte de la Fruiterie and the South Portal,Chartres Cathedral, Chartres , France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from the ground level, and shows a man and 2 children walking along the Rue aux Herbes towards the Porte de la Fruiterie. In the background is the South Portal, Chartres 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