Portrait attachment for Purma Special Camera.
Purma
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1937 - 1951
Materials
Bakelite, Glass
Measurements
25 x 25 x 14 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524655.4
Summary
Portrait attachment (a simple secondary lens used to reduce the minimum focussing distance of a camera lens). Made of black bakelite with a metal collar to push on to the Purma Special Camera. Engraved 'PURMA SPECIAL BECK 7 1/2 TO 10 FT'. In original cardboard box.
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
Purma , manufacturer