Footbridge to Oshima island from Matsushima in Japan
Category
Photographs
Date
1909
Materials
Glass
Measurements
120 x 164 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522900.28
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in landscape format, depicting the footbridge to Oshima island from Matsushima in Japan. A woman with a parasol is standing on the bridge. The area is covered in trees. Additional information handwritten on the sleeve (not original): "71. June 11 1909. Matsushima. Oshima Bridge (with Japanese parasol) F/13 1/10 FL." 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