A set of waterhouse stops
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Metal
Measurements
46 x 30 x 1 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524926.6.2
Summary
A set of six metal waterhouse stops. They range f8-f64 and each is marked with its aperture although some have become illegible.
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