Fountain and the Grand Theatre, Place de la Comédie, Bordeaux, France
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521311.4
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of the fountain and the Grand Theatre, Place de la Comédie, Bordeaux, France. The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from ground level in the Place de la Comédie and shows the fountain in the foreground, the Theatre is the background, with people walking, and carriages in front. To the right are multi-story shops carrying large advertisments.
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