Lantern projection microscope set in wooden box.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Glass, Wood, Mahogany
Measurements
130 x 310 x 215 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525090
Summary
Lantern projection microscope set in a wooden box also containing condensing lens, glass slide, 1" lens with lid, and unknown brass object with lid, possibly light baffle.
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.