Meagher studio camera
Meagher (UK)
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1870 - 1880
Materials
Mahogany, Brass, Leather
Measurements
270 x 340 x 150 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524917.1
Summary
Meagher studio camera. The body is Spanish mahogany with brass fittings. The double bellows is brown leather and it is equipped with a rising front panel. The back plate has a tiliting facility. When opened the baseboard is held in position by wooden stays. Focusing is controlled by means of a screw shaft with a wind handle at the rear. There is a full plate size ground glass focusing screen marked with a rectangular mesh. The removable lens panel has a screw thread to accept the lens. An enamel plate on the front reads 'Meagher Manufacturer, 21 Southampton Row, High Holborn, London WC'
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
Meagher (UK) , manufacturer