Mill, Church & Jackson's House, Stratford-upon-Avon
Category
Photographs
Date
1910
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
171 x 158 x 2 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522898.6
Summary
Gelatine silver glass dry plate negative in original buff paper wallet, in landscape format, depicting the Mill, Church and Jackson's House in Stratford-upon-Avon, as viewed from across the river. 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 "5". Markings: Handwritten in black ink against "Date": '1910', and against "Subject": 'Mill, Church & Jackson's House, 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