Ross Universal No.7 brass lens.
Andrew Ross
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1890
Materials
Measurements
246 mm (Diameter); 333 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525094
Summary
Ross Universal No.7 brass lens. No. 50974. The largest lens made by the company. Primarily brass construction, lens units contained in brass barrel. The object lens complex barrel is engraved "Ross No 50974 No 7 London Universal"
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
Makers and roles
Andrew Ross, manufacturer