A Ross lens for a V.N. Press Camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1919 - 1943
Materials
Metal, Paint, Glass
Measurements
105 x 90 x 60 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524589.2
Summary
Separate lens for V.N Press Camera - Ross London wide angle Xpres F4 lens no 139389 engraved on len. Lens is house in a black painted metal cover. Metal is showing through the paint on the edges of the housing. Small label with No C/467
Provenance
Part ofThe 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