Van Neck Press Camera - strut folding plate hand camera.
Van Neck & Co.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1919 - 1943
Materials
Metal, Leather, Wood, Glass
Measurements
Closed size 150 x 205 x 125 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524589
Summary
Van Neck Press Camera - strut folding plate hand camera with Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar f/4.5 lens, with separate Ross wide-angle Xpress f/4 lens and six metal plate-holders.
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
Van Neck & Co., manufacturer