Birry Head,Torbay
studio of W. Spreat's Lithographic Establishment
Category
Photographs
Date
1870 - 1890
Materials
Card
Measurements
85.5 x 175 mm
Place of origin
Exeter
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520544
Summary
An albumen print stereograph depicting a seascape of Birry Head, Torbay. The print is mounted on stiff, cream colured, slightly curved card. The corners are rounded and the images are rectangular. Recto - printed in black ink in italics on the right lower margin is written 390 Birry Head Torbay Verso - applied to the middle is a publisher's stamp in black ink. In the centre of the stamp the following is written:- Published by W. SPREAT 229 High Street Exeter Around the margin of the stamp is written Stereoscopic Treasures
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
studio of W. Spreat's Lithographic Establishment, photographic publisher