Pressman Magnesium Flash
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1860 - 1900
Materials
Metal
Measurements
32 x 383 x 42 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525020
Summary
A Pressman Magnesium Flash (as described by the BFI inventory). It comprises a folding oblong gutter. It folds in the centre and has an electric contact built into each half. There are no distinguishing marks whatsoever.
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