A ground glass focusing screen.
Shew
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1906
Materials
Glass, Wood
Measurements
140 x 93 mm; 8 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524834.2
Summary
A ground glass focusing screen. The screen is mounted in a black wooden frame which slides into the rear of the camera.
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
Shew , manufacturer