Market Day at Wantage,Oxfordshire.
Category
Photographs
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card
Measurements
87 x 172 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522278
Summary
A monochrome gelatine silver print stereograph of a view market day at Wantage, Oxfordshire. A woman is waiting to be served at a greengrocers stall. The stallholder is putting items into a paper bag. A man is serving other customers. There are shops on 2 sides in the background The 2 images have square corners and are straight edged, with no space between them. They are mounted on card which is matt black on recto and brown on verso. It has rounded corners. Markings: Recto - none. Verso - pre-printed form in black ink with space for details of the image. Handwritten in black ink, "Market day at Wantage".Title, "Marketing".By,"T.H. Pettipher". Time, "11am". Lens "Protacs". Stop,"f11".Light, "Sunny".Exposure, "1/50. Focus,"4¼". Sepn, "3".Plate "Ortho Cut film".Developer,"Amchad". Paper, "POP". Toning "Gold aceatate".
Provenance
Donated on 5 September 2012 to the Fox Talbot Museum by Mrs Sylvia Warwick.