Unknown statue in coastal location.
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1904
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521243.24
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of an unknown statue in coastal location. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from sea level and shows a statue of a man holding paper/material in an upraised hand. There is someone between his legs and someone lying to his side. They are all perched on an outcrop of rock. The statue is mounted and situated on a promenade, with a wall and benches behind. In the background are isolated substantial buildings and a view of 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