A red admiral butterfly on an aster daisy.
Category
Photographs
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card, Transparency
Measurements
90 x 175 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522376
Summary
A Dufaycolor transparency stereograph depicting a red admiral butterfly on a flower amongst some aster plants. The transparencies are mounted between two pieces of card with a second piece of transparent film, and an additional strip of black card has been added at the top of the aperture. Recto is black card, verso is beige card, both with rounded corners. The apertures through which the images are viewed are hand-cut and have square corners and straight edges. There is a space of 5 mm between them. Markings: Recto - None. Verso - None.
Provenance
Donated on 5 September 2012 to the Fox Talbot Museum by Mrs Sylvia Warwick.