Zograscope (Zogroscope): part - A wooden turned optical device with lens and mirror.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1800
Materials
Wood, Brass, Mirror, Glass
Measurements
475 x 223 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525286.2
Summary
Zograscope (Zogroscope): part - A wooden turned optical device with a lens and mirror. The wooden framework has a 180mm wooden attachment to enable it to fit into the stand. It holds a magnifying lens 100mm in diameter, that is mounted in a wooden frame and attached to the framework by brass fittings. It is co-mounted with a 187mm x 207mm mirror, within a wooden fluted frame. This is also attached to the framework by brass fittings, but additionally has a brass tightening screw on either side at the top; above which is a spherical finial.
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