Set of two photographic plate holders for Le Merveilleux field camera by J. Lancaster 1524693.2

Set of two photographic plate holders for Le Merveilleux field camera by J. Lancaster

Lancaster and Sons

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

Date

1880 - 1905

Materials

Wood, Glass, Metal

Measurements

Plate holder open (10x272x106mm)

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Collection

Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire

NT 1524693.2

Summary

A set of two wooden photographic plate holders for "Le Merveilleux" field camera by Lancaster. Wooden with metal fittings and hinges. One of the plate holders has a shield shaped recess presumably where a manufacturers badge would have been. The plate holders house separat glass screens and have a small integral leather flap for ease of opening. 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

Lancaster and Sons, manufacturer

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Record Status

Enhanced

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