Studio portrait of Liz
Category
Photographs
Date
1913
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
171 x 158 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522898.41
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in original buff paper wallet, in portrait format, depicting a head and shoulders studio portrait of a young woman wearing white shirt and dark necktie. This is an enlarged copy of an original studio portrait (see notes on wallet for 1522898.30). 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 "40". There is another, almost identical image (not enlarged, with border) which was originally stored with this plate, but has been catalogued separately - see Inventory No. 1522898.30. Condition: There is very minor silver mirroring around the edges of the plate. There are no handwritten notes on this wallet - refer to 1522898.30 for details including date. 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