A lens for the Meagher Studio camera
Dallmeyer
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1870 - 1880
Materials
Glass, Brass, Leather
Measurements
135 mm (Length); 82 mm (Diameter)
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524917.2
Summary
A Dallmeyer lens for Meagher studio camera. The lens is mounted in brass and has a brass focusing knob. It takes waterhouse stops. It scew mounts onto the camera and has a brown leather lens cap.
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
Dallmeyer , manufacturer