Photo-Jumelle magazine camera by Jules Carpentier of Paris.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1890 - 1905
Materials
Wood, Metal, Leather, Glass
Measurements
80 x 205 x 195 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524890.1
Summary
Photo-Jumelle magazine camera by Jules Carpentier of Paris. It is loosely shaped like a pair of binoculars with one lens used for focusing or viewing the other for taking the exposure. Black leather covered wood body tapering towards the front. Stamped on the viewing plate is 'Photo- Jumelle J.C. Bte S.D.G.D.' One eye-piece has a leather cover. It was the first of a number of French cameras of this shape either for mono or stereo exposures and was also an early adopter of the 4.5 x 6 cm plate size which proved popular in the 1900s. (In Britain the Photo-Jumelle was retailed by The London Stereoscopic Company as the Binocular 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