A Thornton Pickard Panoptic shutter.
Thornton Pickard
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1906
Materials
Glass
Measurements
43 mm (Depth); 80 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Altrincham
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525088
Summary
A Thornton Pickard Panoptic shutter. With Sandringham Convertible Aplanat Focus 6½ in. lens. Brass plate on front inscribed:"Thornton Pickard "Panoptic" patent shutter".
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
Thornton Pickard , manufacturer