A magazine holding glass plates for the N&G Universal hand camera.
N and G.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1907
Materials
Wood, Metal, Leather
Measurements
110 x 118 x 62 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524831.2.1
Summary
A magazine holding glass plates for the N&G Universal hand camera. The body is wooden with a folding leather chamber in which the plate order is changed. There is a black metal masking plate and a spring loaded backing plate ( which is stamped 'N&G Patent'). The sliding back panel contain the operating lever and is stamped with the number 4358.
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
N and G. , manufacturer