Primus exposure tablet brass holder.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Card
Measurements
32 x 97 x 2 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525118.1
Summary
Primus exposure tablet brass holder. The holder is a shallow brass tray with turned over edges to retain the exposure record (a card printed on both sides with a grid for recording details of exposures made). At both ends of the holder is a brass lug with holes for attaching it, e.g. to a camera or darkroom bench. Markings; stamped onto the lugs of the holder "Primus Patent".
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