Glass bottle of an unknown photographic chemical.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1880
Materials
Glass, Chemical
Measurements
115 x 43 x 43 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525102.7
Summary
Glass bottle containing an unknown clear chemical for photographic use in a square sided glass bottle with glass stopper (top broken off). Remnants of paper labels printed in black ink, including evidence that this is from the same manufacturer as the other bottles in the set: Wratten & Wainwright of London.
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.