An Ambrotype portrait of a lady in a black embossed case.
Category
Photographs
Date
1855 - 1865
Materials
Glass, Velvet, Brass, Card
Measurements
92 x 80 x 12 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520713
Summary
An Ambrotype portrait depicting a lady in a half size vignetted portrait. The photograph is framed by oval embossed gold card. It is surrounded by a gold gilt frame, which itself is surrounded by red velvet. The case is black card and is embossed with a floral pattern, with decorative surrounds recto and verso. The page facing the photograph is lined with red velvet and is embossed. The case is closed by a brass hook and eye. The size is a sixth plate. On the front is a small label with the nunber 102 on.
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