View from coast of 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 1522900.35
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in landscape format, depicting a view from the coast of Oshima island near Matsushima in Japan. A parasol is seen in the foreground, and a stone lantern. There are boats on the water in the distance. Additional information handwritten on the sleeve (not original): "78 June 11 1909. From Oshima. Parasol and boats. Diff. F/22 1/10 F.L. 13art 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