- Subject
- Photography
- 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
- Inscribed on back: 'H.S.B | 2/55'.
- Physical material
- Paper
- Dimensions
- Height: 187mm Width: 236mm
- Inventory No
- 11920
- Accession Number
- 1928-78
Description
Waxed-paper or waxed calotype negative of a low building which appears to have a glazed roof, probably a large greenhouse, with snow on the fore-edge of the roof and on the ground in the foreground. Good black-and-white to transmitted light; dark areas strong black. Retouching to sky. On slightly heavy paper. A contemporary print is 11921.
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