Lancaster Instantograph folding field camera and two plate holders 1524687

Lancaster Instantograph folding field camera and two plate holders

J. Lancaster & Son

Fox Talbot Museum, Fenton Collection © National Trust / Clive James and Rod Stowell

Date

1882 - 1886

Materials

Wood, Brass, Glass, Paper

Measurements

180 x 240 x 195 mm (set up for use)

Place of origin

Birmingham

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Collection

Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire

NT 1524687

Summary

A Lancaster Instantograph half-plate size folding field camera, 1882 model, with two photographic 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

J. Lancaster & Son , manufacturer

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Record Status

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