A pneumatic single blade shutter with Scovill & Adams H.C. lens.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1889 - 1902
Materials
Metal, Glass
Measurements
100 x 117 x 60 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525089
Summary
A pneumatic shutter with H.C. lens. Single blade shutter with pneumatic release. Brass construction. Lens barrel is engraved with "Scovill & Adams Co. H.C. Lens".
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.