Internal view of a church.
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521312.4
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting an internal view of a church in an unknown location.The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from ground level and shows the choir seats separated by a carved rood screen from the main body of the church and its pews. In between on the left hand side is a lecturn and raised pulpit. Above is an elaborate carved ceiling.
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