An 1896 Instantograph camera with detached shutter and plate holder.
Lancaster and Sons
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1896
Materials
Measurements
157 x 160 x 85 mm
Place of origin
Birmingham
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524703
Summary
An 1896 Instantograph camera with detached shutter and plate holder.
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