A red velvet jewel box depicting Appley Tower, Ryde, on the Isle of Wight.
F. N. Broderick (b. c.1854)
Category
Photographs
Date
1875 - 1895
Materials
Cardboard, Velvet, Glass, Leatherette, Paper
Measurements
30 x 140 x 110 mm
Place of origin
Ryde
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521167
Summary
An albumen print under glass, depicting Appley Tower, Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, on the cover of a red velvet jewel box. Red card interior, red velvet covering of lid exterior and sides. Base covered in black leatherette, with a white paper label affixed, upon which is printed in black ink: "The 'Auroroa' Series (Copyright) of Glass Mounted Photographs. Isle of Wight, Photo. & Pub. by F. N. Broderick, Ryde".
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.
Makers and roles
F. N. Broderick (b. c.1854), photographer and publisher