Autochrome Portrait of William Bates Ferguson

maker:
Olive Edis

Leather and cardboard wallet containing an autochrome portrait of scientist and photographer William Bates Ferguson (1853-1937), by Mary Olive Edis (in autochrome viewer).

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1981-325
Materials:
glass, leather, metal (unknown), cotton (textile) and wood (unidentified)
type:
autochrome and autochrome viewer
credit:
National Science and Media Museum, Bradford

Parts

Wallet with metal clasp, used to carry an autochrome portrait of scientist and photographer William Bates Ferguson (1853-1937), by Mary Olive Edis. Inside flap embossed in gold paint: 'Autochrome Portrait by M. O. Edis'.

Wallet for autochrome portrait of William Bates Ferguson

Wallet with metal clasp, used to carry an autochrome portrait of scientist and photographer William Bates Ferguson (1853-1937), by Mary Olive Edis. Inside flap embossed in gold paint: 'Autochrome Portrait by M. O. Edis'.

Materials:
leather , metal (unknown) , paint and cardboard
Object Number:
1981-325/1
type:
autochrome and autochrome viewer
Viewing device containing an autochrome portrait of scientist and photographer William Bates Ferguson (1853-1937), by Mary Olive Edis.

Viewer for autochrome portrait of William Bates Ferguson

Viewing device containing an autochrome portrait of scientist and photographer William Bates Ferguson (1853-1937), by Mary Olive Edis.

Measurements:
overall (open): 282 mm x 230 mm x 235 mm,
Materials:
wood (unidentified) , glass , metal (unknown) and cotton (textile)
Object Number:
1981-325/2
type:
autochrome and autochrome viewer
Autochrome portrait of scientist and photographer William Bates Ferguson (1853-1937), by Mary Olive Edis. In viewer.

Autochrome portrait of William Bates Ferguson

Autochrome portrait of scientist and photographer William Bates Ferguson (1853-1937), by Mary Olive Edis. In viewer.

Measurements:
overall: 208 mm x 157 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1981-325/3
type:
autochrome and autochrome viewer