A Sanderson folding roll film camera.
Houghtons Ltd
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1902 - 1905
Materials
Mahogany, Leather cloth, Leather, Brass, Metal, Glass, Plastic, Velvet
Measurements
160 x 240 x 300 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524822.1
Summary
A Sanderson folding roll film camera made by Houghtons Ltd, London, England. It has a black leather covered mahogany body. Diagonal section double extension red leather bellows. Patented brass support struts with locking bolts. The body is designed for roll film or plates. Plate size 5" x 4" Twin finders to allow for portrait and landscape formats, with rising and cross front. A leather hand strap is fixed to the righthand side of the body. The camera is fitted with a plate back adaptor complete with its ground glass screen. A separate shutter release cable and velvet lined, black leather covered lens cap. There is a brass turning screw to roll the camera out on the mahogany base board. A rotating brilliant finder is fixed to the lefthand side of the baseboard. The baseboard is fitted with a white plastic distance scale on both sides of the base. Markings etched on the righthand brass strut: 'Sanderson patent' and serial no. '15621' The lens is mounted on the crossfront mahognay board. The Goerz lens markings: 'PAT C.P. GOERZ BERLIN No.215220 DOPP ANASTIGMAT Serie III DAGOR F = 150mm 1: 6.8' The Koilos shutter casing is of bright aluminium with 'worm' lines. A pneumatic release cylinder and a finger release and button to open the shutter for focusing. The speeds are set on a dial at the top of the shutter. The black shutter name plate is fixed at the top of the shutter: 'Koilos patent ANG. O.R.G.M.' The white rectangular name plate is fixed on the crossfront, black lettering and Sanderson in red: ' THE Sanderson ROLL FILM CAMERA, PATENT' Also a small white name plate mounted underneath, marked: ' CENTRE' with two red arrows.
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
Houghtons Ltd, manufacturer