Steamship at sea.
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1904
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521243.22
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of a steamship at sea.The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view, taken from sea level, shows a steamship sailing in coastal waters. It is heading towards a possible navigational buoy. In the backgound, there is a mixture of undulating terrain and an isolated mountain running down to 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