A lens for the Rouch Camera
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Glass, Brass
Measurements
48 mm (Height); 55 mm (Diameter)
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524921.9
Summary
A lens for the Rouch Camera. It is mounted in brass and has apertures varying f16-f64. On the barrel is etched 'M.W.Dunscombe - Bristol Wide Angle 7x5 No.235'.
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