Houghton Butcher Ensign "Greyhound" folding rollfilm camera.
Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1930
Materials
Metal, Glass, Paper
Measurements
Closed camera 162 x 75 x 30 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524409
Summary
A Houghton Butcher Ensign Greyhound, folding bed 6 x 9 cm rollfilm camera with Synchro shutter. Lens: H.S.M Peri Lens. "Made by H.B.M. Co., Ltd, London". The camera has metal body with grey crackle finish. Chrome coloured metal catches to open back and front. The bellows is black coated paper Markings: Manufacturer's marks on metal plate inside: "Made in England by The Houghton Butcher MFC Co. Ltd, London". "Ensign 'Greyhound', Made in England";
Provenance
Part of The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Houghton-Butcher Manufacturing Co. Ltd., manufacturer