Cine projector lamphouse.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1910
Materials
Metal, Glass
Measurements
515 x 200 x 450 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1525297.1
Summary
Cine projector lamphouse.
Full description
The lamphouse is of black metal construction, with the front and top coloured red. Attached to the front is a lens holder (lens 1525297.3). Both sides are hinged to open and have a row of holes top and bottom. Each side contains a small circular glass window towards the front. The chimney is missing, as is the back. The lamphouse is attached to a heavy metal framework, which allows it to slide left and right.( Contemporary photographs show this frame attached to a specialised frame/table).
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