Photographic plate holder for Lizars Challenge folding plate camera.
J. Lizars
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1904 - 1905
Materials
Wood, Card, Metal
Measurements
101 x 142 x 15 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524587.3
Summary
Photographic plate holder for Lizars Challenge folding plate camera. Mahogany wood with card divider inside. Onto the outside of one of the dark slides is affixed a small white label with the number 6 printed in black ink. On the edge of the wooden frame on one side is handwritten in black the number 3 and on the other side the number 4.
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