A box for the folding lamp
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1885 - 1890
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
40 x 138 x 203 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525140.3
Summary
A box for the folding lamp. The box is brown cardboard and comprises a drawer in a sleeve. A large label on the front reads 'The Tourists Folding Metal Lamp'.
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