Horikiri Shobuen Iris Garden, in Tokyo, Japan
Category
Photographs
Date
1909
Materials
Glass
Measurements
120 x 164 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522900.8
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in landscape format, depicting the Horikiri Shobuen Iris Garden in Tokyo, Japan. There are several buildings amongst trees and iris plants. Additional information handwritten on the sleeve (not original): "51. June 12 1909. Horikiri, 2 pines resthouse and iris. EF 11½ F/18 ½ sec SSO dull light" 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