Koraku-en garden in Okayama, Japan
Category
Photographs
Date
1909
Materials
Glass
Measurements
120 x 164 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522899.39
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in landscape format, depicting the Koraku-en garden in Okayama, Japan. The garden is located on the north bank of the Asahi River on an island. Additional information written on the sleeve (not original): Okayama, May 2 1909, Koraku-en Elysian Isle on water. FL EL 11½ F/16 1/10. 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