Challenge folding bellows camera for negatives 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" plates or cutfilm

Made:
circa 1895 in Glasgow
maker:
J Lizars, J

Challenge folding bellows camera for negatives 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" plates or cutfilm. Fitted with Taylor Taylor Hobson Symmetrical F.7.7 5" lens mounted in a Bausch & Lomb pneumatic diaphragm shutter with speeds 1sec - 1/100 B. & T. With back ground glass and brilliant waist-level viewfinder. Made of wood with black leather cover and mahogany drop-front with brass fittings and nickel plated shutter. J Lizars, c.1895.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Arthur Frank Collection
Object Number:
1979-559/529
Materials:
glass, leather, wood (unidentified), mahogany (wood), brass (copper, zinc alloy) and nickel plated
type:
plate camera
credit:
The Arthur Frank Collection

Parts

darkslide

darkslide

Wooden double darkslide for the Challenge folding bellows camera.

Measurements:
overall: 150 mm x 105 mm x 20 mm,
Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1979-559/529/1
type:
darkslide
Challenge folding bellows camera for negatives 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" plates or cutfilm

Challenge folding bellows camera for negatives 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" plates or cutfilm

Challenge folding bellows camera for negatives 3 1/4 x 4 1/4" plates or cutfilm. Fitted with Taylor Taylor Hobson Symmetrical F.7.7 5" lens mounted in a Bausch & Lomb pneumatic diaphragm shutter with speeds 1sec - 1/100 B. & T. With back ground glass and brilliant waist-level viewfinder. Made of wood with black leather cover and mahogany drop-front with brass fittings and nickel plated shutter. J Lizars, c.1895.

Measurements:
overall: 160 mm x 130 mm x 80 mm,
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy) , glass , leather , mahogany (wood) , nickel plated and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1979-559/529/2
type:
plate camera