A lens for Hare studio camera
Dallmeyer
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1880 - 1890
Materials
Glass, Brass
Measurements
88 mm (Height); 76 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524927.7
Summary
A lens for Hare studio camera. The lens is mounted in brass but has no aperture control. There is, however, a slot in the barrel for insertion of stop discs. The side is marked 'J.H.Dallmeyer London 10x8 Rapid Rectilinear Patent No 42801'.
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