W. M. Burrins
Category
Photographs
Date
1910 - 1916
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
171 x 158 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522898.25
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in original buff paper wallet, in portrait format, depicting a head and shoulders portrait of a man with moustache, wearing a dark suit and tie with a white shirt. 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 "24". The image has been retouched on the face, most likely to lighten the shadows, and the emulsion side has been varnished for protection. Handwritten in black ink against "Subject": 'W.M. Burrins". There is no date on the wallet. 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