Feeding S. Marko Pigeons

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 106 7ELB/A/8/026b
  • Former Reference
      GB 106 CM Object/ 7/ELB/A/8/26/2
  • Dates of Creation
      1914
  • Physical Description
      1 object

Scope and Content

Black and white photograph of a woman crouching down to feed pigeons in St. Mark's square, Venice. She is wearing a dark jacket and skirt, gloves and a wide brimmed hat with a short net veil over her face. Pasted onto a page in the album, with a manuscript caption on the bottom white edge.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Fair condition. Yellowed slightly in the centre, with small patches of discolouration right edge and bottom left (including a green mark). Production method: gelatin silver print.