Cardboard box for L & C Hardtmuth's Retouching & Spotting set.
L. & C. Hardtmuth
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
15 x 165 x 60 mm
Place of origin
Vienna
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525115.1
Summary
Cardboard box for L & C Hardtmuth's Retouching & Spotting set. Shallow box with small inner flap and larger lid flap. Maroon outer and cream inner. The base tray is divided with cardboard sections to accommodate the various contents. Two thin black cord loops in one section to slot items into. Printed in gold script on the lid outer and in beige inside the lid: "L & C Hardtmuth's Retouching & Spotting Set". Printed inside the smaller flap in beige: "*Contents* 1 Artist's re-touching pencil. 1 Box re-fill leads. 1 tube spotting medium. 1 tube re-touching medium. 1 fitch hair brush, small. 1 fitch hair brush, medium."
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.
Makers and roles
L. & C. Hardtmuth , manufacturer