Three double dark slide 9x12 centimetre photographic plate holders for a Pecto No.5 plate camera.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1897
Materials
Wood, Vulcanite
Measurements
120 x 162 x 15 mm (each plate holder)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524786.2
Summary
Three double dark slide 9x12 centimetre photographic plate holders for a Pecto No.5 plate camera. The plate holders are of wooden construction, with vulcanite draw-slides. The plates are numbered 3 & 4, 5 & 6, and 9 & 10.
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