Double sided locket containing portraits of a man and woman.
Category
Photographs
Date
1875 - 1910
Materials
Paper, Gold, Plastic
Measurements
40 x 40 x 6 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521161
Summary
A double sided gold pendant locket, containing two miniature portraits - one a hand tinted albumen portrait of a man's head (dates 1875-1895), the other a gelatine silver portrait of a woman's head (dates 1900-1910). The gentleman is clean shaven, facing left wearing a jacket. The woman has her hair in a bun and is facing right. The locket has 8 golden attachments around the sides, each consistibg of a small sphere within an arch. A small loop is attached to the top, with a free moving shield link attached to that, with a green thread on with the number 2159, written in black ink on small piece of paper.
Provenance
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