The Crystal Palace, retractable tape measure.
Category
Photographs
Date
1850 - 1860
Materials
Paper, Fabric, Brass
Measurements
38 x 35 x 12 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521148
Summary
An circular albumen print depicting The Crystal Palace, on brass case of 3ft retractable tape measure.
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.