On the promenade, 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 1521242.9
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of the promenade at Arcachon, Gironde, South West France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from ground level and shows a number on men, women and children standing/walking along the promenade, which is bounded by a small columned wall, surmounted by lamp standards. Beyond them is the sea, with several yachts and rowing boats.
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