Lizars Challenge folding plate camera. 1524587.1

Lizars Challenge folding plate camera.

J. Lizars

Fox Talbot Museum, Fenton Collection © National Trust / Clive James and Rod Stowell

Date

1904 - 1905

Materials

Wood, Metal, Glass, Leather, Card, Textile

Measurements

Closed size 102 x 124 x 42 mm

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Collection

Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire

NT 1524587.1

Summary

Lizars Challenge folding plate camera. The body is mahogany wood with brass detailing and red leather bellows. Bausch and Lomb Lens. Single brass hinge, brass brilliant finder. Markings: small manufacturer's plate screwed on side: "J Lizars, "Challenge", Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, Belfast, Aberdeen, Liverpool"

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

J. Lizars, manufacturer

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Record Status

Enhanced

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