Rouch stereoscopic field camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1870 - 1880
Materials
Wood, Brass, Leather
Measurements
215 x 270 x 310 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524921.1
Summary
Rouch stereoscopic field camera. The body is wooden with a sliding and rising double lens panel. The bellows is red leather and focusing is by means of a screw threaded rod with a convenient handle. The twin lenses have four aperture orifices. Note that both front elements appear to be missing. They were designed to be removable. The rear panel tilts and the baseboard is held in place by a wooden strut. The panel separating the two image zones is removable. An enamel plate below the lens panel reads 'W.W.Rouch Manufacturer, 180 Strand London'.
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