Camera case for Photo-Jumelle camera.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1895 - 1905
Materials
Leather, Card, Metal
Measurements
195 x 230 x 94 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524890.2
Summary
Leather camera case for the Photo-Jumelle camera. Black leather case contoured to fit the tapering design of the Photo-Jumelle camera. The case is hinged at the top. It has a metal lock and clasp (key missing). Inside the top is inscribed "THE LONDON STEREOSCOPIC & PHOTOGRAPHIC Co LIMITED, 106 & 108, REGENT STREET, W, AND 54 CHEAPSIDE. E.C."
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