View from the Godaido Buddhist shrine of Matsushima Bay in Japan
Category
Photographs
Date
1909
Materials
Glass
Measurements
120 x 164 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522900.37
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in landscape format, depicting a view of Matsushima Bay from the Godaido Buddhist shrine in Japan. Under the trees in the foreground are a stone shrine and lantern. Additional information handwritten on the sleeve (not original): "80. June 10 1909. Buddhist shrine and lantern. Godaido. F/16 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