A Sanderson Regular Camera taking 5x4 inch plates.
Houghton
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1908
Materials
Mahogany, Leather, Brass, Glass, Oil
Measurements
165 x 160 x 290 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524787.1
Summary
A Sanderson Regular Camera taking 5x4 inch plates. The body is mahogany covered with black leather and the bellows is red leather. Fittings are brass and the baseboard and lens panel are polished mahogany. On the baseboard there is an enamel focussing scale, a brilliant viewfinder and a spirit level. The baseboard fixes in two alternative angles. It is fitted with a Koilos shutter having seven speed and T,B. The lens is a f4.5 Taylor Hobson. It is marked 'Taylor Taylor & Hobson Leicester London New York'. There is also a number which is illegible. An enamel front plate reads 'The Sanderson Camera H. Ltd London' At the rear is a hooded ground glass screen.
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
Houghton , manufacturer