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Photograph (Albumen Print) of Turned Objects, Issued by Holtzapffel & Co., London, Probably 1870s

Inventory Number 12728


Item type
Object
Provenance
Presumably from R. T. Gunther, who received some of T. H. T. Hopkins's lathe and mechanics papers from Edward Chapman.
Primary inscriptions
Printed caption: 'Designs for Turning.'.
Physical material
Paper
Card
Dimensions
Height: 385mm Width: 262mm
Inventory No
12728

Description

Large albumen print mounted on card. Vertical format. Fourteen turned objects, components of the ivory temple shown in 12729. One of 4 photographs of the turned temples (12727, 12729, 12730), associated with a further group of 15 numbered photographs (see 12731) of other turned objects. Issued by the lathe manufacturers Holtzapffel & Co. as specimens of what could be made on their lathes.