A lens for Perken Son and Rayment Optimus folding camera.
Perken, Son and Rayment
Category
Technological items
Date
1900
Materials
Brass, Glass
Measurements
63 mm (Height); 48 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524734.2.1
Summary
A lens for Perken Son and Rayment Optimus folding field camera. The lens has a brass lens barrel and attaches to the front of the camera via a threaded lens mount.
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