A bellows unit for the Davon System
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1920
Materials
Wood, Fabric, Metal
Measurements
150 x 160 x 80 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525091.16
Summary
A bellows unit for the Davon system. The unit is mounted on a wooden frame and the bellows is fabric. Fittings are chrome and there is a bracket which fit the unit onto the stand (1525091.2). A wire frame attaches to secure the bellows. At the rear is a ground glass focussing screen.
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