A gimbel mounted brass unit
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1920
Materials
Brass
Measurements
70 x 67 x 10 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525091.11
Summary
A brass gimbel mounted unit. At present it cannot be opened but probably contains a mirror for lighting samples. The rear is marked '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