Harvest Festival display at Marshes Hall
Category
Photographs
Date
1912
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
171 x 158 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522898.2
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in original buff paper wallet, in landscape format, depicting a large Harvest Festival display. Fruit, vegetables, flowers and breads are arranged over a large table and on the floor in front. There is a sign attached to the front of the table that reads "Harvest Home". The buff coloured paper wallet (part of the "Negasys" storage system - see General Note below) is pre-printed in black ink with a form where details of the photograph can be recorded: Date, Subject, Stop & Exposure, Exposure for Transparency, Exposure for Bromide, Exposure for Gaslight Paper, Print Meter No for Carbon etc, and Note. The wallet has a flap, upon which is printed in black ink the number "1". Markings: Handwritten in black ink against "Date": 'Sept. 1912', and against "Subject": 'Harvest Festival - Marshes Hall'. Condition: There are a couple of minor tears to the wallet flap. Part of the Christie Miller Collection.