Folding bellows field camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2

Made:
circa 1890 in Glasgow
maker:
Mason and Company

Folding bellows field camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With double extension, conical leather bellows and a reversing back and rising front. Fitted with a Taylor T. Hobson Rapid Rectilienar lens F.8 7.15" f.1 with built in iris diaphragm.Made of mahogany with brass fittings. Mason & Co, c.1890.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Arthur Frank Collection
Object Number:
1979-559/576
Materials:
leather, glass, mahogany (wood) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
type:
field camera
credit:
The Arthur Frank Collection

Parts

Three double bookform darkslides for a folding bellows field camera

Three double bookform darkslides for a folding bellows field camera

Three wooden double bookform darkslides for a folding bellows field camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. Mason & Co, c.1890.

Measurements:
overall: 56 mm x 156 mm x 216 mm,
Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1979-559/576/1
type:
darkslide
Folding bellows field camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2

Folding bellows field camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2

Folding bellows field camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With double extension, conical leather bellows and a reversing back and rising front. Fitted with a Taylor T. Hobson Rapid Rectilienar lens F.8 7.15" f.1 with built in iris diaphragm.Made of mahogany with brass fittings. Leather carrying case Mason & Co, c.1890.

Measurements:
overall: 250 mm x 305 mm x 145 mm,
Materials:
mahogany (wood) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , leather and tin (metal)
Object Number:
1979-559/576/2
type:
field camera