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Photograph (Collodion Positive on Glass) of a Member of the Bennett Family, 1850s

Inventory Number 78119


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.78119

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Mrs H. A. Harris in 1967.
Dimensions
Height: 90mm Width: 85mm Depth: 8mm Weight: 58g
Inventory No
78119
Accession Number
1967-253/6

Description

Collodion positive on glass (ambrotype), enclosed and semi-cased. Faintly tinted. One of 11 collodion positives, all of the Bennett family of Pembrokeshire.

The image of a bearded man sitting by a table posing for the photograph. The photograph is surrounded with copper alloy decorations and a wooden square frame.