Morley wet-plate folding stand camera
Morley wet-plate folding camera. Tailboard type folding camera for wholeplates. Manufactured by W Morley, 70 Upper Street, Islington, London N. Tailboard type folding camera for wholeplates 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Petzval type lens; waterhouse stops. Top loading; removable focusing screen; plate holder, largely not original. Rising front; square bellows; side wing strut. Bone inlay reads: 'W. Morley, London'. Overall (deployed approx.): 300 mm x 290 mm x 540 mm.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6998
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), cardboard, glass, yellow metal and bone
- Measurements:
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overall (deployed approx.): 300 mm x 290 mm x 540 mm,
- type:
- folding bellows camera, plate camera and stand camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
