A Little Nipper plate camera
Butcher and Co.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1922
Materials
Wood, Metal, Glass, Leatherette
Measurements
98 x 65 x 99 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524669.1
Summary
A Little Nipper plate camera. The body is wooden covered in a black leatherette fabric. There is a fixed focus lens and a simple shutter with I and T settings. There is a folding wire frame finder. Embossed on the front and top is 'Butchers Little Nipper' Inside the rear flap is a label with instructions for inserting the plate holder. There is also an illustration and the message 'Little Nipper Cameras make fine photographers'.
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
Butcher and Co., manufacturer