Folding Plate Camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Leather, Metal, Glass, Textile
Measurements
(Camera Closed) 190 x 170 x 60 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524818.1
Summary
Folding plate camera by unknown manufacturer. Quarter plate size (4½" x 3¼") with front and rear extension Wooden body with black leather cover and handle on the the top Ground glass screen with textile hood. Black leather tapered bellows with a tab and metal ring half way down on both sides. Koilos Shutter f/5.5 Lens inscribed wit Hugo Meyer & Co No 4196 Decorative etching on sides of shutter. Markings - "Koilos Patent and DRGM" on manufacturers plate on shutter.
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.