Black leather camera case for Wizard No. 77B folding plate camera and accessories.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1903 - 1905
Materials
Leather, Textile, Metal
Measurements
180 x 295 x 98 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524770.2
Summary
Black leather camera case for Wizard No. 77B folding plate camera and accessories. Metal clasp secures flap. Leather loops on top and sides for carrying straps (missing). Interior lined in dark blue velvet and divided into two compartments. Leather is very worn, with black surface worn away particularly on the lid and flap.
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.