Le Merveilleux folding field camera by Lancaster
J. Lancaster & Son
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1880 - 1905
Materials
Place of origin
Birmingham
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524693
Summary
"Le Merveilleux" folding field camera by J. Lancaster & Son with two plate holders. 1880-1905
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