J Lancaster Le Merveilleux early folding field camera
J. Lancaster & Son
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1880 - 1905
Materials
Wood, Glass, Cloth, Brass
Measurements
190 x 203 x 264 mm
Place of origin
Birmingham
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524923
Summary
J Lancaster Le Merveilleux early folding field camera (1882), half plate size, with simple achromatic lens and plateholder, with double dark-slide.
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
J. Lancaster & Son , manufacturer