Claude glass.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1775 - 1790
Materials
Glass, Wood, Leather, Fabric, Brass
Measurements
230 x 141 x 11 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525277
Summary
Claude glass in case. Reflective black square of glass, reflecting monochrome image. The reflective surface is slightly convex and is contained in a leather case, lined with red fabric. There are brass clips to hold it closed when not in use. NOTE: This may be listed on BFI inventory as 1986.1202.
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