Quais Louis XVIII, Bordeaux, France
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521311.13
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of Quais (Quays),Louis XVIII, Bordeaux, France . The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from ground level and shows a numberous people walking along the wide quay, together with several carts. There are numerous tram tracks in the cobles, with a tram extreme left. In the background on the right hand side can be seen the 2 Postral columns of the Place des Quinconces.
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