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Photograph (Salted Paper Print) of a Glasshouse in Snow, by H. S. B., February 1855

Inventory Number 11921


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
Signature in negative not visible in the print.
Physical material
Paper
Dimensions
Height: 184mm Width: 232mm
Inventory No
11921
Accession Number
1928-78

Description

Salted paper print from a calotype negative. Shows 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. Pale reddish, but being a snow-scene it is mostly white anyway. The original negative is 11920.