Garden of Tenzuan, Kyoto, Japan
Category
Photographs
Date
1909
Materials
Glass
Measurements
120 x 164 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522899.21
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in landscape format, depicting a lake at the Tenju-an garden in Kyoto. A small building/shrine is seen amongst the trees. Additional information handwritten on the sleeve (not original): "May 24 1909, Tenzuan (sic) no 17 But 11½ (?) SSO F/12 1/3". Part of the Christie Miller Collection.
Provenance
Donated to the Fox Talbot Museum in 1976 by (the daughter of the photographer) Jane Wakefield Christie-Miller (1922-2017) of Swyncombe House, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 6EA