A falling-plate magazine box camera.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1890
Materials
Wood, Leather, Metal, Glass
Measurements
180 x 103 x 235 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524873
Summary
A falling-plate magazine box camera, by an unknown manufacturer, containing 12 metal plate holders in the magazine. The camera body is made of wood, covered in black leather. There is Beck Primus lens. The lens cap is attached to a screw on the front panel by a string (purple, does not appear original). There are two brilliant viewfinders (top and side view), and a leather carrying strap. At the rear is a door accessing the plate magazine, which has a spring attached and is stamped with the number 10 and "E4". Inside the magazine are 12 metal plate holders (quarter plate size).
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.