Miniature plate camera, c 1880
- PART OF:
- The Kodak Museum Collection
- maker:
- Wratten & Wainwright and G Hare
Miniature plate camera for 1/8 plates. Manufactured by G Hare for Wratten and Wainwright, 38 Great Queen Street, London. Miniature stand camera for 2 x 2 1/2 inch plates. Square bellows and a fixed front panel, sliding rear panel. hinged ground glass screen. Petzval type portrait lens, F:8cm f.4.5. Rack and pinion focusing, rack missing. Fixed aperture. Brass and mahogany construction. c.1880
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/1174
- Materials:
- glass, mahogany (wood), brass (copper, zinc alloy) and leather
- Measurements:
-
overall: 90 mm x 85 mm x 150 mm,
- type:
- plate camera
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
