A box of 50 spare cards for a "Primus" Exposure Tablet.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card
Measurements
36 x 86 x 20 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525118.2
Summary
A box of 50 spare cards for a "Primus" Exposure Tablet. The box is rectangular with a sliding sleeve, in white card with a white paper cover and green edging. The cover has a picture of the Exposure Tablet (with card inserted), and the words " "Primus" Exposure Tablet, 50 spare cards, price 3d.". On the back of the box is the supplier / retailer's stamp "W.B. & S. London". Inside is a supply of unused spare cards, wrapped in tissue paper. Each card is printed on both sides with a grid for recording exposure details (6 exposure records on each side), including subject, light, plate, stop, exposure, time, remarks.
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