Microscope frame
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1920
Materials
Brass, Iron
Measurements
150 x 190 x 138 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525091.1
Summary
A microscope frame made of brass with an iron base. It has an adjustable concave mirror for subject lighting and focussing is by rack and pinion. Alternative eyepiece and objective are catalogued separately. The stand may be used for microscope, telescope or camera. On the stand is etched 'F.Davidson & Co.., London'.
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