Lantern slide projector.
W. C. Hughes
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1908
Materials
Metal, Glass, Brass
Measurements
275 x 170 x 410 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525180.1
Summary
Lantern slide projector. The lamp housing is black metal and the entire front lens section is brass and mounted on a sliding rail which can moved on a screw mechanism for focussing. The main lens itself is screw mounted in brass and has a brass lens cover. It has rack and pinion focussing. The rear of the lamphouse can be removed to introduce the spirit burner (catalogued separately). The front of the lamphouse has a large condenser lens. On the front of the housing is a label 'W.C. Hughes Brewster House, Kingsland, London N.'
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
W. C. Hughes, manufacturer