Candle Lamp Safelight.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
170 x 110 x 135 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525138.1
Summary
Candle Lamp Safelight. The unit is black metal and fits onto a candle holder (1525138.2).In profile the unit is conical with a rectangular filter holder at the front. There are no markings to identify the manufacturer, but it is believed to be British,
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