A Union Photograph Case
Category
Photographs
Date
1856 - 1870
Materials
Plastic, Brass
Measurements
124 x 100 x 25 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520750
Summary
An ornate black thermoplastic Union case, depicting a relief image of the Washington monument (in Richmond Virginia), surrounded by an ornate border recto. The border is replicated verso, but is otherwise plain.The case is unlined. It is rectangular in shape, has 2 brass hinges and has a small pin recto and verso with an interior clasp. The size is 1/4 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