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Photograph (Salted Paper Print) of a Church, by H. S. B., April 1855

Inventory Number 11919


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Revd Arthur Thornton in 1928, per H. M. Calvert. Given to Mr Thornton in 1908 by J. F. Copland, sister of the photographer H. S. B.
Primary inscriptions
'HSB | 4/55' in the negative.
Other inscriptions
Modern pencil inscription on back: 'calotype | not albumenized | [part crossed through] 1855'.
Physical material
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 181mm Width: 231mm
Inventory No
11919
Accession Number
1928-78

Description

Salted paper print from a calotype negative. Shows an old village church, probably in Yorkshire, with tall yew tree and white wooden gates. Very pale reddish faded to sepia at edges. The original negative is 11918.