Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde, Scotland.
Category
Photographs
Date
1913
Materials
Glass, Paper, Fabric tape
Measurements
85 x 169 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521029
Summary
A gelatine silver stereoscopic glass slide depicting two women standing in woodland at Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde, Scotland, in 1913. There is a green tone to the image. 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 square cornered apertures around each image. There is black cloth tape binding around the edges to hold the whole slide together. Markings: Handwritten in black on a white paper label affixed to the top left of the slide: At Wemyss Bay. - 1913'.
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