A graphoscope lens for the folding stereoscope.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1860 - 1880
Materials
Glass, Wood
Measurements
135 x 104 mm; 9 mm (thickness)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524982.2
Summary
A graphoscope lens for the folding stereoscope. The lens is mounted in a wooden frame and slots into position when the eyepiece frame is folded down.
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