A simple hand controlled shutter.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Wood, Brass, Fabric
Measurements
232 x 212 x 85 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524926.2
Summary
A simple hand controlled shutter. The unit is wooden and has two window which are operated together from either of two brass knobs on the top. There are no markings on the unit.
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