Collection of plate cameras and lantern projectors with associated archive material

Made:: circa 1870; circa 1890; circa 1895 in United Kingdom

maker:: Aubrey Franks Limited

Collection of plate cameras and lantern projectors with associated archive material.

Details

Category:: Photographic Technology

Object Number:: Y1987.245

Measurements:: 280 mm x 295 mm x 410 mm,

type:: collection of objects and archives

credit:: Purchased From Christie's

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Parts

Billcliff Half-Plate Camera

Billcliff Half-Plate Camera

Billcliff Half-Plate Camera

Billcliff Half-Plate Camera

Billcliff Half-Plate Camera

Billcliff Half-Plate Camera

Billcliff Half-Plate Camera

Billcliff Half-Plate Camera

Billcliff Half-Plate Camera

Billcliff Half-Plate Camera

Half-plate tailboard camera, made by Joshua Billcliff, with a Dallmeyer 3.D. patent lens. Stamped with maker and serial number (8901).

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

Object Number:: Y1987.245.1

type:: camera

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Magic lantern projector with s

Magic lantern projector with seven boxes of slides

Magic lantern projector with seven boxes of slides

Magic lantern projector with seven boxes of slides, made by Aubrey Franks Ltd, Manchester, c.1890.

Measurements:: Overall: 285 mm x 160 mm x 470 mm,

Object Number:: Y1987.245.2

type:: lantern projector

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem

"The News Baroness" Half-Plate Camera

"The News Baroness" Half-Plate Camera

$\"The News Baroness\" Half-Plate Camera$

"The News Baroness" Half-Plate Camera

"The News Baroness" Half-Plate Camera

Half-plate field camera "The New Baroness" with tripod, by Thornton Pickard.

Materials:: wood (unidentified) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) , glass , cardboard , leather , velvet and metal (unknown)

Object Number:: Y1987.245.3

type:: camera

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Tripod of "The News Baroness" Half-Plate Camera

Tripod of "The News Baroness" Half-Plate Camera

Tripod of "The New Baroness" camera, by Thornton Pickard.

Materials:: wood (unidentified) and brass (copper, zinc alloy

Object Number:: Y1987.245.3/1

type:: camera stand

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Part of:: Y1987.245.3