Ross portrait No. 5 lens.
Andrew Ross
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1860 - 1880
Materials
Brass, Metal, Glass
Measurements
200 x 220 x 310 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525098
Summary
Ross portrait No. 5 lens. Large mainly brass construction lens with black metal mount.
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