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

Inventory Number 64934

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.64934

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Mrs H. A. Harris in 1967.
Physical material
Glass
Copper Alloy
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 85mm Width: 70mm Depth: 5mm Weight: 51g
Inventory No
64934
Accession Number
1967-253/8

Description

Collodion positive on glass (ambrotype), enclosed and semi-cased.

One of 11 collodion positives, all of the Bennett family of Pembrokeshire.

An image of a bearded man sitting by a table posing for the photograph. The photograph is framed in decorative copper alloy.

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