Bell tower of Basilica Saint-Michael, Bordeaux, France
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521311.7
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of the bell tower of Basilica Saint-Michae, Bordeaux, France . The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from ground level in the Rue Gaspard Philippe and shows the bell tower with the Basilica to the left. There are substantial buildings either side of the road, with numerous carts outside. People are walking on the pavements. There are tram tracks in the road and power cables for them on the left hand side of the image.
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