River scene Chartres, France
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521219.20
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of a river scene in Chartres, France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from the ground level, from the bank of the River Eure. On the far bank, an unusually shaped house, complete with arch backs directly onto the river, with large trees to the rear. To the north is Chartres Cathedral 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