Box (empty) for Imperial Special Rapid photographic plates.
Imperial Dry Plate Co Ltd
Category
Ephemera
Date
1900
Materials
Paper, Cardboard
Measurements
30 x 175 x 128 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525314
Summary
Box (empty) for Imperial Special Rapid photographic plates. 4½ x 6½ inch size. Maroon cardboard lidded box with a white label printed in black ink with information about Developers for Imperial Plates, and the manufacturer's details: "The Imperial Dry Plate Co. Ltd, Cricklewood, London NW" Also stamped in black ink on the label is "Special Rapid. 8160B". Other markings: handwritten in ink on the side: "Bangor. Llanberis. Menai Bridge" and handwritten in pencil on base of box: "Carnarvon + Llanberis", "all wide" and "4½ x 6½".
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
Imperial Dry Plate Co Ltd, manufacturer