A drawing of two African women carrying pots on their heads.
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1910
Materials
Glass, Paper, Fabric tape
Measurements
82 x 82 x 3 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521245
Summary
A monochrome photolithographic glass lantern slide, depicting a drawing of two African women carrying pots on their heads. One woman is carrying a baby on her back. There are trees, buildings and people in the distance. Two sheets of glass, 82 mm x 82 mm, one which has the image on one side and the other a cover glass. There is black fabric tape binding around the edges to hold the whole slide together. Between the two glass sheets is a rectangular black paper mask with rounded corners. Over the top left corner of the slide is a small white paper strip with the number '85' handwritten in black ink.
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.