View of islands in Matsushima Bay in Japan
Category
Photographs
Date
1909
Materials
Glass
Measurements
120 x 164 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522900.41
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in landscape format, depicting a view of an island in Matsushima Bay in Japan, looking towards Shiogama. There are several other small islands also in view. Additional information handwritten on the sleeve (not original): "84. June 10 1909. Matsushima Bay towards Shiogama from tea house path. SSO F/16, 1/5 overex" 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