negative, sheet film - Portrait : Michael Horner with Camera

Name/Title

negative, sheet film - Portrait : Michael Horner with Camera

Entry/Object ID

SETCL : 2022.1.37.1

Description

A gelatin silver film negative 21/4". Portrait of photographer Michael Horner at work, c. 1867. Depicted next to a collodion dark tent, at Scaleber Force, North Yorkshire. Subject is on one knee, loading or unloading a stereographic lens board from a leather carrying case. Copy negative from print.

Collection

The Horner Photographic Collection

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Horner Photographic Studio

Date made

1867

Time Period

1860s, 19th Century, Victorian Era