Lens and lens caps for Perken Son and Rayment Optimus folding camera.
Perken, Son and Rayment
Category
Technological items
Date
1900
Materials
Brass, Glass, Leather, Fabric
Measurements
Lens with cap: 63 mm (Height); 52 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524734.2
Summary
Lens and lens caps for Perken Son and Rayment Optimus folding field camera.
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
Perken, Son and Rayment, manufacturer