Sealed pack of Ilford Chromatic plates, half plate size.
Ilford Limited
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1907
Materials
Glass, Paper
Measurements
33 x 180 x 130 mm
Place of origin
London
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525310
Summary
Sealed pack of Ilford Chromatic plates, half plate size. Wrapped in dark grey paper with white label affixed. Label is printed in green ink with the following: "To be kept in a dry place & opened only in dully ruby light. The Ilford Chromatic Plates Ilford, Limited (The Britannia Works Company, Limited) Ilford, London, E To white light these plates are the same speed as the Ilford Ordinary Plates." Stamped on the label is the number 2173. There is also a white label on one long side, printed in green ink: "Ilford Chromatic Plates".
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.
Makers and roles
Ilford Limited, manufacturer