Semi circular arched building.
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521312.8
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of a semi circular arched building in an unknown location.The negative has rectangular cutouts on the top and bottom.The view is taken from ground level and shows a substantial 3 story building on the right. It has a door and window on the ground floor. On the first floor it has 3 windows in 3 semi circular arched recesses. To the left of these are 2 recesses, which extend to street level, which both contain windows, though at different heights. To the right of the door, on the first floor there is an additional semi circular arched window, though this is not in a recess. On the second floor on the left are 3 deep semi circular arched recesses. On the opposite side of the road there is a wall of a building on the left of the image. At the end of the road are additional buildings, that are accessed through a semi circular arched gateway in a large wall.
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