Boats on the River Dart, Dartmouth, Devon
Category
Photographs
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card
Measurements
90 x 178 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522332
Summary
A monochrome gelatine silver print stereograph view of boats on the River Dart, Dartmouth, Devon. The image shows 2 boats: one, a steam launch, is towing another launch containing approximately 10 people, who are all standing up. The backdrop is the town of Dartmouth with a cloudy sky above. The image is quite dark, as it is taken at sunset. The 2 images have square corners and are straight edged, with no space between them. They are mounted on card which is light grey on recto and verso, with a white surround, and rounded corners. Markings: Recto - Handwritten in pencil, on the right hand side, "Sunset Dartmouth". Verso - nil
Provenance
Donated on 5 September 2012 to the Fox Talbot Museum by Mrs Sylvia Warwick.