Zograscope (Zogroscope): part - walnut wooden base and column.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1800
Materials
Walnut, Metal
Measurements
275 mm (Height); 203 mm (Dia of base)
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525286.1
Summary
Zograscope (Zogroscope): part - A polished turned walnut wood column and circular base. The column has horizontal fluting at its base, with vertical fluting above. It is topped by a wooden screw to tighten the telescopic optical device. The base has raised circular mouldings around the outside and at the centre. There is an inset ring of metal in the bottom of the base.
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