Railway bridge with steam trains over a river.
Gebrüder Bing
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1910
Materials
Card board, Glass, Paper
Measurements
79 x 240 x 2 mm
Place of origin
Nuremberg
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525218.2.4
Summary
A lithographic coloured glass lantern slide in rectangular format, bound with a red paper border. In top right hand corner of slide is a circle with manufacturer mark 'GebrB' in, and in opposite corner a circle with the number '4.' in. The rectangular landscape image is of a trestle bridge, supported by 8 pillars, passiing over a river. on the bridge are 2 steam trains with multi coloured carriages travelling in opposite directions. On the river are sailng and paddle boats.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986.
Makers and roles
Gebrüder Bing , manufacturer