A magnifying glass on a stand.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1920
Materials
Brass, Glass
Measurements
130 x 110 x 67 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525091.10
Summary
A magnifying glass with a strongly convex lens. It is mounted on a brass stand comprising a cross-beam, pillar and a circular base into which the pillar screws.
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