Church and house.
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521312.7
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting an view of a church and a house in an unknown location.The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from ground level and shows a small church/chapel with gothic-style stained glass windows on the 2 sides visible. It stands next to a substantial 2 story building, that has a small cross on top of an apex on the roof. In front of both of these are trees (suggesting a garden) and all are surrounded by a wall. In the foreground, prior to the wall is a road.
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