Le Grand Hotel, Arcachon, Gironde, South West France
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905 - 1907
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521242.5
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of the road outside the Grand Hotel, Arcachon, Gironde, South West France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from street level and shows the side view of the hotel, with the road running down to the sea beyond. There are several people at the end of the road, by the sea.
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