A no 1 lens for Hare studio camera.
Dallmeyer
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1888 - 1890
Materials
Glass, Brass, Leather
Measurements
40 mm (Height); 66 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524927.5
Summary
A no.1 lens for Hare studio camera. The lens is mounted in brass and is screwed into a brass adapter ring. There are fixed aperture orifices marked 20 to 150. The lens barrel is marked 'J H Dallmeyer London No 1 Rectilinear Patent No 44866.' It has a red leather lens cap.
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
Dallmeyer , manufacturer