Box of Barnet Contact Gaslight lantern plates.
Barnet Ensign Ltd.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1945 - 1948
Materials
Cardboard, Paper, Glass
Measurements
21 x 94 x 94 mm
Place of origin
Walthamstow
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525344
Summary
Box of Barnet Contact Gaslight lantern plates. Brown cardboard box containing 3 remaining plates, size 3¼" x 3¼", wrapped in black paper. The lid of the box has a paper label printed in brown with: "Barnet Contact Gaslight Lantern Plate. Made in England. Barnet Ensign Ltd, Walthamstow, London E17". Stamped in black ink on the side of the box: "D10178 K T".
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
Barnet Ensign Ltd., manufacturer