A Kodak Portrait Attachment being a round metal box with glass lens
Kodak
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Felt, Glass
Measurements
Metal Box 14 mm (Depth); 32 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Rochester
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524646.3
Summary
A Kodak Portrait Attachment being a round metal box with glass lens.The metal box is labeled 'Kodak Portrait Attachment ' with manufacturers details given. The box is felt lined and has inside on the botton a table of focal lengths and working distances.The lens is clear glass in a mount to be pushed onto the principle camera lens.
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
Kodak, manufacturer