Photograph - 'Dunster', Somerset, England, circa 1870

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Summary:: One of seventy six photographs in a photograph album. Twenty-three photographs are of the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880. The other forty-nine photographs are from 'Frith's Series'. These large-format images were taken by British photographer Francis Frith or members of his staff, of Gibraltar, and villages and towns in Britain.
Description:: Albumen photograph mounted on buff-coloured card in red, cloth-covered, photograph album with decorative gold tooled border and gold tooled lettering in centre of front cover.
Description Of Content:: Photograph of a rotunda in the main street of Dunster, England with a Castle in the distance. The rutunder was previoulsy used to house a local yarn market. Three men can be seen on the left standing around a horse and cart whilst another three men are standing to the right in front of a building called 'GENERAL WAREHOUSE'. Photograph taken by Francis Frith, circa 1870.
Acknowledgement:: Source: Museum Victoria

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	158 mm (Height), 210 mm (Width)
Dimension Comment:	Dimensions of photograph only

Tagged with:	photography, castles, horsedrawn vehicles, townships, streetscapes, photographic studios, rotundas
Themes this item is part of:	Images & Image Making Collection, Leisure Collection, Royal Exhibition Building Collection
Primary Classification:	ENVIRONMENTS
Secondary Classification:	Rural
Tertiary Classification:	streetscapes
Inscriptions:	Written inside the front cover of album: 'W.W.Scott/ c/o Horticultural Press/ 78A Victoria Street/ Melbourne C1/ Box 1944/ Phone F2656/ [illegible]; Sold by G.W.Harris, Donolly Victoria.' Embossed on photograph at bottom left corner: 'FRITH'S/SERIES' Printed on photograph at bottom edge: '5982 . DUNSTER'
Format:	Photograph: Monochrome
Place & Date Depicted:	Dunster, Somerset, England, circa 1870
Photographer:	Francis Frith, England