'The Baroness' Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera

Made:
circa 1900
'The Baroness' Folding Bellows Field or Stand Camera

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'The Baroness' folding bellows field or stand camera for negatives 13 x 18cm. With double extension, tapered leather bellows, rising front, swing back and reversing back. Rack and pinion focusing. Lens panel clips onto baseboard. Base is fitted with tripod bush. Fitted with Taylor T. Hobson Cooke Primoplan F.6.5 8" Series VIIA lens. Lens has to be removed before closing. Made of mahogany with brass fittings. With three wooden bookform double darkslides. c. 1900.

Details

Category:
Photographic Technology
Collection:
Arthur Frank Collection
Object Number:
1979-559/595
Materials:
leather, glass, mahogany (wood) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Measurements:
Lens: 51 mm x 51 mm x 36 mm,
Camera: 230 mm x 245 mm x 65 mm,
Darkslides: 230 mm x 161 mm x 19 mm,
type:
field camera and darkslide
credit:
The Arthur Frank Collection