Lanterns and Torii gate at Miyajima in Japan
Category
Photographs
Date
1909
Materials
Glass
Measurements
164 x 120 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522899.36
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in portrait format, depicting two stone lanterns and the Torii at Miyajima in Japan. The lanterns are in the foreground, with the sea and Torii gate in the distance. Additional information written on the sleeve (not original): Miyajima, April 30 1909, Tori & 2 lanterns from Bridge,, F/11 1/5, F. light. 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