Watson & Sons Folding Bellows Tailboard Field and Stand Camera, c 1890

Made:: 1885-1895 in London

maker:: W Watson and Sons

Watson & Sons Folding Bellows Tailboard Field and Stand Camera, c 1890

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Folding bellows tailboard field and stand camera for negatives 4 3/4 x 6 1/2. With square leather bellows, rising front and cross movement. Rack and pinion focusing. Fitted with a Rapid Rectilinear f/8 9.5" f.1 lens fitted to a Thornton Pickard roller blind shutter. Made of mahogany with brass fittings. Watson & Sons. c 1890.

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Category:: Photographic Technology

Collection:: Arthur Frank Collection

Object Number:: 1979-559/592

Materials:: leather, glass, mahogany (wood) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Measurements:: overall: 190 mm x 250 mm x 175 mm,

type:: field camera and stand camera

credit:: The Arthur Frank Collection

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