Coastal steamer "Ragnvald Jarl" and other ships in a fjord, Norway
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1909
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521293.3
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of the coastal steamer "Ragnvald Jarl" and other ships in a fjord, Norway. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from sea level and shows another 2 similar ships moored nearby. In the foreground right, 2 men are setting off from the shore in a rowing boat, with a further boat behind them. The mountains all around run down to the water.
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