A daylight plate changer for N&G camera
N and G.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1921
Materials
Wood, Metal, Leather
Measurements
130 x 92 x 42 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524848.2.4
Summary
A daylight plate changer for N&G camera. The unit is wooden with a leather pouch on top to allow for plate changes. The body is covered with black leather. Inside there is a spring loaded pressure plate and 11 metal plates to hold the film.Rathbone Place, Oxford Street, London W. The unit is in a cardboard box.
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