Set of 6 photographic plate holders with double dark slides.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1900 - 1909
Materials
Wood, Metal, Bakelite
Measurements
115 x 170 x 14 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524792.3
Summary
Set of 6 photographic plate holders with double dark slides. Wooden frame with metal corners. Black bakelite draw slides, each printed with silver text: "Subject, Stop, Light, Exposure". Each side of each plate holder is numbered (1-12) with black numerals in a small white circle inset into the wooden frame.
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986.