Street scene, beneath Église Saint-Étienne, Beauvais, Northern France
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521227.11
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view a street scene, beneath, Église Saint-Étienne, Beauvais, Northern France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from the ground level, down the Rue de Trapissere, and shows the Hotel d'Angleterre, bedecked with flags on the right-hand side. Outside it is a large enclosed carriage, awaiting horses to be hitched; with another smaller cart, further down the road.There are shops on the other side of the road, including extreme left a "Coiffeur" (hairdresser) and several people walking up and down. The south eastern fascade of Église Saint-Étienne is 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