Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, depicted on a circular marble disc paperweight.
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1900
Materials
Marble, Glass
Measurements
7 x 76 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521176
Summary
Circular gelatine silver print of Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, set within a marble disc paperweight. Printed underneath the circular image: "Carisbrooke Castle, I.W., J.W & S" The initials J.W & S refer to Joseph Welch & Sons of Portsmouth, who ran a photographic and postcard publishing business from 1864-1936 (see General Note). On base of paperweight is a small white label, handwritten in blue ink the no. "1054"
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