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Frame of Four Photographs (Collodion Positives on Glass, Photomicrographs), by Joseph Delves, 1852

Inventory Number 12093


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.12093

Item type
Object
Provenance
Lent by the Royal Microscopical Society from 1990.
Primary inscriptions
Typed label on back.
Physical material
Glass
Wood
Object type
Photograph
Inventory No
12093

Description

Four collodion positives on glass mounted in a purpose-made, sealed wooden enclosure. The cover glass to each photograph is broken. The wooden mount or enclosure is constructed so as to seal the photographs in place and prevent access.