Original box (empty) for Barnet (Yellow Sensitive) Orthochromatic Plates by Elliott & Sons.
Elliott and Sons Ltd
Category
Ephemera
Date
1900 - 1915
Materials
Cardboard, Paper
Measurements
26 x 120 x 92 mm
Place of origin
Barnet
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525343
Summary
Original box (empty) for Barnet (Yellow Sensitive) Orthochromatic Plates by Elliott & Sons. Black covered lidded cardboard box with paper label on lid printed in black ink with "Barnet (Yellow Sensitive) Orthochromatic Plate" followed by developing instructions and the manufacturer's details: "Elliott & Sons Ltd, Barnet, Herts, England". On the base of the box is stamped: "B9866 2 E R Ortho. Out by 15".
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
Elliott and Sons Ltd, manufacturer