Semi-Ornate Doorway
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521227.17
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of a semi- ornate doorway.The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from the ground level, and shows an arched doorway, in a brick building, apparently in a courtyard. There is an additional arch to the left of the door which appears to contain a window and a further a large arched gateway beyond. There is also a facing building at right angles.
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