A polarising microscope on display at the Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock, Wiltshire
Category
Photographs
Date
1976
Materials
Slide film, Card
Measurements
50 x 50 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522855
Summary
A Kodachrome colour slide depicting a polarising microscope ,with nicol prisms for viewing mineral specimens, on display in the Fox Talbot Museum at Lacock, Wiltshire. The image was taken in the year after the museum opened. The transparency is held in a white card Kodachrome branded slide mount, the design of which dates to 1972-1974. Stamped on the mount in red is the processing date: Dec 76 and the number 35.