An hand-tinted ambrotype of a man, in a brown thermoplastic case.
Category
Photographs
Date
1855 - 1865
Materials
Glass, Velvet, Plastic
Measurements
55 x 49 x 19 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520725
Summary
A hand-tinted ambrotype, depicting an elderly man in three-quarter length portrait. The subject is seated in front of a plan background The mat has arched corners at the top and bottom. It is surrounded by a gold preserver, and dark blue velvet edging. The case is of brown thermoplastic with moulded pattern to recto and verso, and is closed with a brass clasp. The case lis is lined with dark blue velvet. The size is a sixteenth plate.
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