Wooden plate holder for half plate.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1890
Materials
Wood, Metal
Measurements
outer frame 204 x 202 x 17 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525159.3
Summary
wooden plate holder for half plate. Simple black wooden frame with central window. The inner frame can be removed by turning 2 metal pints on the base. Inside this inner frame are two bent metal springs which hold the inner frame tightly. the inner frmae is held together by a metal bar in each corner.
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.