Capstone Parade, Ilfracombe, depicted on a needle case.
Category
Photographs
Date
1875 - 1895
Materials
Wood, Textile, Metal, Paper
Measurements
65 x 92 x 10 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521170
Summary
Oval albumen print, depicting Capstone Parade, Ilfracombe, pasted onto the front of a boxwood needle case. There is a caption printed beneath the image: "Ilfracombe, Capstone Parade". The front and back covers of the needle case are wood. The back cover is plain wood, without image. The two covers are hinged by red fabric, which also lines the interior of the case. Each side of the interior has three pockets and hinged from the centre are two pieces of fabric into which are pinned 4 needles and thread. There is a paper packet inside one of the pockets, containing 17 needles and upon which is printed: "25 Assorted Needles, Bodkings, Sharps and Darning."
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.