Original box containing 2 Barnet Lantern Plates by Elliott & Sons.
Elliott and Sons Ltd
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1890
Materials
Cardboard, Paper, Glass
Measurements
15 x 90 x 90 mm
Place of origin
Barnet
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525379
Summary
Original box of Barnet Lantern Plates by Elliott & Sons. With 2 glass plates inside. Brown lidded cardboard box with black and yellow paper label on lid printed with "Elliott & Sons Ltd. Lantern Transparency Barnet Plate for Warm or Cold tones. Instructions enclosed. Works, Barnet, Herts." On the base of the box is stamped: "D9993 GLH".
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