View on the Lugy , North Wales
Category
Photographs
Date
1880 - 1900
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
82 x 164 x 3 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521047
Summary
A gelatine silver stereoscopic glass slide depicting the View on the Lugy, North Wales. 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 rectangular apertures (square edged at bottom and rounded at top) around each image. There is black paper binding around the edges to hold the whole slide together. Markings: small white label, on lefthand edge, printed in black ink: " 20 View on the " Handwritten on lefthand edge has been added the word "LUGY"
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