A Krugener folding roll film camera with a Delta DRGM lens
workshop of Dr Rudolf Krugener
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1898
Materials
Wood, Brass, Leather, Glass
Measurements
open 111 x 180 x 207 mm
Place of origin
Frankfurt
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524494
Summary
A Krugener folding roll film camera with a Delta DRGM lens. The camera is a wooden box with a textured covering and metal catches and fittings. The lens case, shutter mechanism and rail are all brass. There is a brilliant finder fitted above the lens. The bellows are made of red leather. "82610" is stamped on the outside of the back panel and "335" is stamped on the inside.
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
workshop of Dr Rudolf Krugener, manufacturer