Beresford's Climax photographic changing tent.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Fabric, Mahogany, Brass, Card, Paper, Ivorine
Measurements
600 x 640 x 630 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525173
Summary
Beresford's Climax photographic changing tent in original box. The tent comprises three mahogany slats with brass furniture to attach the tent, two brass support poles and the oiled fabric tent which has a metal cross piece built in to it and is provided with two apertures one which adjusts for the face and one for the arm.
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