Forest path to Takino-o Shrine near Nikko, Japan
Category
Photographs
Date
1909
Materials
Glass
Measurements
164 x 120 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522900.13
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in portrait format, depicting the path through the forest from Nikko to the Takino-o Shrine, in Japan. A person is walking down steps through the trees. Additional information handwritten on the sleeve (not original): "56. June 8 1909. Nikko walk shrine path to Takino-o. Boy. 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