J. L. Farmer baby portrait
Category
Photographs
Date
1910
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
171 x 158 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522898.23
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in original buff paper wallet, in portrait format, depicting a full length portrait of a baby in white dress and hat and a plaid sash, seated on a fur draped chair. 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 "22". Handwritten in black ink against "Date": '1910', and against "Subject": 'J.L. Farmer. Baby. Copy'. The emulsion side of the plate shows that some touching up has been done at the top and bottom of the image, possibly to enhance the vignette effect. Part of the Christie Miller Collection.
Provenance
Donated to the Fox Talbot Museum in 1976 by (the daughter of the photographer) Jane Wakefield Christie-Miller (1922-2017) of Swyncombe House, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 6EA