On the rocks at Ramsey, Isle of Man.
Category
Photographs
Date
1910 - 1915
Materials
Glass, Paper, Fabric tape
Measurements
85 x 169 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521027
Summary
A gelatine silver stereoscopic glass slide depicting a woman sitting on some rocks at Ramsey, Isle of Man. Two sheets of glass, one which has the image on one side and the other a cover glass. Between the two glass sheets is a black paper mask with round cornered apertures around each image. There is cream cloth tape binding around the edges to hold the whole slide together. Markings: Handwritten in red ink on the tape at the top left of the slide: 'On the rocks', and in black ink on the tape at the bottom left of the slide: 'Ramsey. I of Man'.
Provenance
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