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Bathala, from the South
Francis Frith & Co. - Enlarge image
Bathala, from the South
- Object:
Photograph
- Place of origin:
Portugal (photographed)
- Date:
1860s-1870s (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Francis Frith & Co. (makers)
- Materials and Techniques:
albumen print
- Museum number:
E.3143-1995
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case X, shelf 48, box G
Physical description
Photograph of a cathedral from an elevated viewpoint, houses and trees in the foreground. Mounted on green card.
Place of Origin
Portugal (photographed)
Date
1860s-1870s (made)
Artist/maker
Francis Frith & Co. (makers)
Materials and Techniques
albumen print
Marks and inscriptions
2631 BAHALA.FROM.S.
Printed on bottom edge of photograph
probably [crossed out] Frith / LF
Inscribed in pencil on mount
Inscribed in pen on mount
Dimensions
Height: 165 mm photograph, Width: 203 mm photograph, Height: 331 mm green card mount, Width: 267 mm green card mount
Object history note
Francis Frith was one of the most successful commercial photographers from the 1860s onwards. Throughout the 1850s and 1860s photographs of historical and topographical sites were highly desirable. This image is part of the V&A's Frith archive which consists of some 4200 whole plate albumen prints. The photographs are file prints which were probably used as place-makers allowing easy retrieval of stocks of unmounted prints at the Francis Frith & Co Archive.
Descriptive line
'Bathala, from the South', photograph by Frith & Co.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
David Balsells etc al. Napper I Frith. Un viatge fotogràfic per la Ibéria del segle XIX with an essay by Martin Barnes. Barcelona, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, 2007. ISBN 978-84-8043-181-1.
Techniques
Albumen process
Subjects depicted
Cathedrals
Categories
Photographs; Topography
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
