Cheddar Caves, Stalagmites.
Category
Photographs
Date
1915
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
120 x 170 x 2 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521131.27
Summary
Gelatine silver stereoscopic glass slide, depicting interior of Cheddar Caves, showing stalagmites, Somerset. 2 sheets of glass, one of which has the image on one side and the other a cover glass. Between the two sheets is a black paper mask with square cornered apertures around each image. There is light brown paper binding around the edges to hold the whole slide together. The slide has no annotation.
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