Beaufort Tower, Hospital of St Cross, Winchester.
Category
Photographs
Date
1880 - 1930
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
82 x 82 x 3 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522879
Summary
Gelatine silver monochrome lantern slide, depicting the Beaufort Tower of the Hospital of St Cross in Winchester. The slide comprises the glass with the image emulsion on it, covered with a paper mask with rounded corners (black on verso, white on recto), and then a top piece of glass, all of which are joined together with black paper tape around the edges. Markings: Handwritten in black ink on the mask: "Beaufort Tower, St Cross Hospital, Winchester". There is also a number written in red along one edge: "489" and a small circular white sticker in one corner also with "489" in red written on it.
Provenance
Sophie Darlow gift.