This image is released under a Lens for Reliance 1906 Model Animatograph Projector by Robert Paul
Lens for Reliance 1906 Model Animatograph Patent Projector, 1906. Lens housing with acid-etched decoration. R W Paul, 68 High Holborn, London.
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Robert Paul was already a successful instrument maker when he entered the film industry in 1894 making replica Edison Kinetoscopes. He then entered into a partnership with Birt Acres produced a camera and several films including Rough Sea at Dover and The 1895 Derby. After acrimoniously parting wtih Acres, he developed his own projector, the Theatrograph in 1896, becoming a direct competitor to the Lumiere Brothers in early London film screenings.
He went on to develop further film making equipment including cameras, projectors and printers. He established a film studio in Muswell Hill where more elaborate 'trick' films were able to be made. Hugely sucessful for over a decade, Paul then left the film business in 1910, destroying his negatives and instead concentrated on scientific instrument making for the remainder of his career.
- Measurements:
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overall: 110 mm x 120 mm x 145 mm, 1.4 kg
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass
- Object Number:
- 1913-556/1
- type:
- lens
