Studio portrait of a young man
Category
Photographs
Date
1913
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
171 x 158 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522898.31
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in original buff paper wallet, in portrait format, depicting a half length studio portrait of a young man wearing jacket, waistcoat, shirt and tie. The image is vignetted. This is a copy of an original studio portrait (see notes on wallet, detailed below). (See also 1522898.36.) 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 "30". Condition: There is very minor silver mirroring around the edges of the plate. Handwritten in black ink on the wallet, against "Date": 'Aug 1913"; against "Subject": 'Self. Copies of Portrait (Taylor)'; against "Stop & Exposure": F32, 10 secs; and against "Exposure for Bromide": 'Enl. 2 min'. 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