Fowke's Bellows camera

Made:
1856 in London and United Kingdom
inventor:
Francis Fowke
maker:
Thomas Ottewill and Company
Captain Fowke's camera

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Captain Fowke's camera
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Camera with fittings etc, formerly the property of Captain Fowke Royal Engineers. Two ivory plaques: 'Capt Fowke's Camera, T. Ottewill & Co. London', 'Henry Cole Esq, In memory of Capt Fowke. R.E. 4th Dec 1868'.

Francis Fowke was an architect and engineer, among other inventions he patented the folding photographic camera in May 1856, later known as the bellows camera. The camera was made by Thomas Ottewill and Company of London, who later exhibited 'a Monster camera made by Mr Ottewill upon Capt. Fowkes' plan' at the Photographic Society's exhibition in 1858.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Object Number:
1908-134
Materials:
mahogany (wood), brass (copper, zinc alloy), metal (unknown), ivory, leather and glass
Measurements:
overall: 405 mm x 585 mm x 370 mm,
type:
bellows camera and plate camera
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford