A hand held Graphoscope
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1850 - 1870
Materials
Wood, Brass, Glass
Measurements
290 x 150 x 250 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1524984
Summary
A hand held Graphoscope. The unit is polished wood with two rails along which the photgraph mount slides. At the end is a large concave mirror and there is a handle underneath. There are no maker's markings or other indication of origin.
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