Swallow Falls, North Wales
Category
Photographs
Date
1880 - 1900
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
82 x 164 x 3 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521055
Summary
A gelatine silver stereoscopic glass slide depicting Swallow Falls, 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 (rounded edged at top and bottom) around each image. There is black paper binding around the edges to hold the whole slide together. Markings: small white label, on righthand bottom edge, handwritten in blue ink: " Swallow Falls "
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