Large country house.
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cellulose nitrate
Measurements
78 x 102 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521312.9
Summary
A Frena Gelatine Silver film negative depicting a view of a large country 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 substantial 3 story house, featuring multiple gables and chimneys, with similar smaller versions to one side. It is surrounded by a wall. This side of the wall is a small area filled with trees, bounded by a picket fence. Forward of the fence is a grassed area, with a water feature in the foreground.
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