Sanderson folding plate camera
Sanderson Camera Works
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1898
Materials
Wood, Leather, Metal, Glass, Plastic
Measurements
closed size 150 x 151 x 100 mm
Place of origin
London
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524799
Summary
Sanderson folding plate camera for 3¼ x 4¼" plates mahogany body with black leather cover and black leather handle on side. Maroon leather bellows Ground glass focussing screen Lens - H.D. Taylor - Cooke series ll f/5.6 lens Shutter Bausch and Lomb "Challenge" Seriel number on side strut # 9369 Brilliant viewfinder by Adams & Co Rising and falling standard with tilt
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
Sanderson Camera Works, manufacturer