Shops, Place Jeanne Hachette, 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 1521227.13
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of shops, Place Jeanne Hachette, Beauvais, Northern France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from the ground level, and shows various, individually designed shops. The ones central have open ground floors, with the first floors resting on columns. Right are several horse-drawn carts and numerous people on foot.
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