Box and lid containing 9 Frena Gelatine Silver film negatives and dividers.
Austin Edwards Frena Films
Category
Photographs
Date
1905
Materials
Cardboard, Paper
Measurements
116 x 91 x 17 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521199.1
Summary
A cardboard box containing 9 Frena Gelatine Silver film negatives. It also contains brown light card deviders,which have cut outs on the long sides to match and protect the negatives. The top of the lid is light brown with an ornate watermark and burgundy sides. The box is a darker brown, again with burgundy sides. Lid Markings: Printed in burgundy, "20 Frena Films. The Austin-Edwards Setoloid Frena Films Double Instantaneous. Patent Quarter Plate Size (4¼ in. x 3¼ in.). R & J Beck Ltd. 68, Cornhill, London, EC". Around these titles are printed, "To be protected from light and moisture. Teme la luce e l'umidità. Craint la lumiere et l'humidité. Vor Licht und Feuchtigkeit zu bewahren." There is a white handwritten label, top left, "Orleans, Loches,Beaulieu,Paris, Calais". Left side is damaged. Printed on the bottom side is "The Austin-Edwards". Printed on the right side is, "Double Instantaneous" Box Markings on the base: Printed in burgundy at the top, "These films not being manufactured by R & J Beck Ltd. they can take no responsibility for any defects that they may possess, although they take every means in their power to ensure that all films supplied are of the best quality". Printed in red at the bottom, "Special Notice.- The dull side of these Films is the sensitive side. Care should be taken to see that the Films are put in the developing dish face up, otherwise undeveloped patches will be caused through contact with the bottom of the dish". Stamped in the middle is, " Speed. 250 H&D. 250 Watkins. 101 Wynne".
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
Austin Edwards Frena Films, photographic film manufacturer