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

Inventory Number 85104

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.85104

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Mrs H. A. Harris in 1967.
Dimensions
Height: 75mm Width: 60mm Depth: 10mm Weight: 38g
Inventory No
85104
Accession Number
1967-253/10

Description

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

The image of a clean shaven man with a blue neck scarf. The photograph is mounted with copper alloy decoration in a wooden and leather frame.

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