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Photograph (Albumen Print) of a Turned Object Made by T. H. T. Hopkins, by Henry W. Taunt & Co., Oxford, c.1880

Inventory Number 12755


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 photographer's name on front of mount: 'Henry W. Taunt & Co. [monogram] Oxford & Wycombe.'. Inscribed on back: '[three-fifths] real size | blackwood' [probably in T. H. T. Hopkins's hand].
Physical material
Paper
Card
Dimensions
Height: 109mm Width: 167mm
Inventory No
12755

Description

Albumen print mounted on white glazed card (cabinet format). A turned circular blackwood box, displayed with its lid partly removed. Horizontal format. Foxed. The same box is shown closed in 12753, an unidentified unmounted photograph.

One of a group of 8 such photographs (12754 to 12761), presumably made for, and showing turned objects made by, T. H. T. Hopkins (1833-1885) (compare also 12723, 12724, 12725, and 12726). Taunt had a branch studio at High Wycombe between about 1875 and 1889.