Photographic plateholders for J. Lizars 'Challenge' folding field camera.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1898 - 1905
Materials
Wood, Metal
Measurements
Plate closed 152 x 260 x 22 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524699.2
Summary
3 polished wood photographic plate holders and dark slides for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inch plate sizes (marked 1-6). The plate holders are held closed by brass clasps and engraved inside with the a no. (27, 21, and 20), each engraved 'J. Lizars.
Provenance
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