Camera Lucida.
William Hyde Wollaston FRS (1766 - 1828)
Category
Photographic technology
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Glass
Measurements
195 x 53 x 56 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525275
Summary
Camera Lucida. Brass construction consisting of free standing base and small prism held on the end of an extending pivoted arm, with 2 lenses.
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
William Hyde Wollaston FRS (1766 - 1828), inventor