Box of circular black paper lantern slide masks.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard, Paper
Measurements
18 x 87 x 87 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525377
Summary
Box of circular black paper lantern slide masks. Square, lidded cardboard box with blue paper covering and pink paper label printed in black ink as follows: "Lantern Masks. Sharp edges. Not blurred. Being hand cut - not stamped In a 100 box. One Shilling. When ordering please quote number", followed by a list of numbers and types of masks. The side of the box is marked with Lantern No. 2 masks.
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.