Adapter to take Tyler metal Dry Plates
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1870 - 1880
Materials
Wood, Metal, Felt
Measurements
170 x 245 x 60 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524921.3
Summary
Adapter to take Tyler metal Dry Plates. A separate ground glass screen fits into the unit (catalogued separately) The unit fits into the rear of the 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