Davon microscope, telescope, camera and projecting lantern.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1920
Materials
Measurements
210 x 430 x 270 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525091
Summary
Davon micro-telescope and super-microscope with instruction leaflets in fitted box. Functions as microscope, telescope, camera and projecting lantern. All units in a wooden box.
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