Street Scene in front of 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 1521219.6
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of a street scene in front of Chartres Cathedral, Chartres , France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from the ground level, and shows several people walking around. Behind them, a horse drawn carriage is waiting at the bottom of the cathedral entrance steps. In the foreground, a man is sweeping the road with a bush.
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