A large gothic building
Category
Photographs
Date
1860
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
83 x 170 x 5 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521039
Summary
A stereoscopic glass slide produced using wet collodion process, depicting a large gothic building surrounded by railings and with a figure with a pram and another figure in the foreground. 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 circular apertures around each image. There is black paper binding around the edges to hold the whole slide together. The slide is damaged and the binding has been repaired Markings: There are no markings on the slide.
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