Goerz Anschütz No.2 strut folding plate camera
C. P. Goerz
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1906 - 1908
Materials
Wood, Metal, Leather, Glass, Textile
Measurements
Closed size 185 x 235 x 92 mm
Place of origin
Berlin
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524796.1
Summary
Goerz Anschütz No.2 strut folding plate camera. For 6 ½" x 4 ¾" plates Wooden body painted black, covered on top and bottom in black leather, with black leather hood over ground glass focusing screen. Unpleated black leather bellows. Black leather handle on side. Tripod bushes on base and side. Rising/falling front standard. Side shift adjustment. Lens: C.P. Goerz Doppen Anastigmat. Leather lens cap. Helical focusing. Goerz shutter. Markings: on metal standard: "The London Stereoscopic Co. 106 & 108 Regent St. London W." Small plate on side: "C.P. Goerz, Berlin"
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
C. P. Goerz , manufacturer London Stereoscopic Company , retailer