A portrait of a young girl, probably from the film "On the Black Hill".
Category
Photographs
Date
1987
Materials
Photographic paper
Measurements
160 x 110 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521236.1
Summary
A gelatine silver monochrome vignetted portrait of a young girl, probably a prop from the film "On the Black Hill" (1987). The girl is wearing a pale cardigan of a double-breasted style. She has short dark hair. The print has been roughly cut by hand in order to fit the frame. The photographer may well have been Adrian Gillard, the Stills Photographer for the film.
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.