Cricket match onboard ship.
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1904
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521243.17
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of a cricket match onboard ship.The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from a slightly elevated position and shows a number of people playing cricket, one holding a bat by a set of wickets. A mat has been laid on the decking to facilitate the game. Further people are spectating in the background. A awning has been erected over the deck to protect the players and spectators.
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