House on Oshima island near Matsushima in Japan
Category
Photographs
Date
1909
Materials
Glass
Measurements
120 x 164 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522900.33
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in landscape format, depicting a house on Oshima island near Matsushima in Japan. The viewpoint is from the path leading to the house. There are a number of trees around the building and the shoreline is seen below the house. Additional information handwritten on the sleeve (not original): "76. June 11 1909. House on Oshima. Same as 75 to left. F/14 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