Torii at Hakone Gongen Shrine, Japan
Category
Photographs
Date
1909
Materials
Glass
Measurements
120 x 164 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522900.16
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in landscape format, depicting a torii (gate) at Hakone Gongen Shrine, in Japan, with a person to one side. Additional information handwritten on the sleeve (not original): "59. June 18 1909. Hakone. Gongen Torii. F/11 ½ 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