Camera Lucida.
Dolland
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1830 - 1850
Materials
Brass, Glass
Measurements
522 x 85 x 32 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525276
Summary
Camera Lucida with two lenses, swivel aperture, triple extension with scale, base clamp. At the top is a small prism and the two lenses. The clamp has a screw securing bolt and the frame is marked 'Dollond - London'.
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
Dolland , manufacturer