A box for a lantern projection microscope and its attachments.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Mahogany, Brass
Measurements
130 x 310 x 215 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525090.6
Summary
A box for a lantern projection microscope and its attachments. The box is of mahogany, with a lifting lid, a brass carrying handle and a brass lock (key missing). Inside it has wooden fittings topped with blue velvet to secure the microscope and other attachments.
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