Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
Category
Photographs
Date
1910
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
171 x 158 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522898.5
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in original buff paper wallet, in landscape format, depicting the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, as viewed from the Tram Bridge. [The Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (SMT) was completed in 1879 and burned down in March 1926. The replacement SMT became known as the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1961, following the establishment of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1960.] 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 "4". Markings: Handwritten in black ink against "Date": '1910', and against "Subject": 'Memorial Theatre from Tram Bridge, S. on A.' Condition: There is very minor silver mirroring around the edges of the plate. 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