Horikiri Shobuen Iris Garden in Tokyo, Japan
Category
Photographs
Date
1909
Materials
Glass
Measurements
120 x 164 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522900.10
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in landscape format, depicting the Horikiri Shobuen Iris Garden in Tokyo, Japan. There are several open-sided structures amongst trees and iris plants, and people underneath these. Additional information handwritten on the sleeve (not original): "53 June 12 1909. Horikiri. Nesan in iris garden. SSO Bt Diff F/18 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