A viewfinder.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1840
Materials
Wood, Glass, Metal, Leather
Measurements
63 x 74 x 58 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525279
Summary
A viewfinder. Cuboid card body covered with red morocco leather with lens and glass panel in one side. There are no markings to indicate manufacturer.
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