Paraffin burner safelight.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Glass
Measurements
230 x 140 x 125 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525141
Summary
Paraffin burner darkroom safelight. A three sided metal framed box containing a paraffin burner. Two sides contain removable plates of red glass, and the third is a removable metal backing plate with venting holes. There is also a vent on the top of the box.
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