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Thompson's Revolver Camera

1862

Replica of Daguerre-Giroux camera

1839 (original); circa 1988 (replica)

Photograph of Hockney's Mother at Bolton Abbey

Reid III Rangefinder Camera

circa 1956

Skaife's Pistolgraph Camera

1858

Dagron microphotographic camera

circa 1860

Kodak Retina (Type 117)

1934-1935

Contax camera

1932-1936

Thornton-Pickard Amber camera

circa 1897

Bicycle Carrying Case for No. 4 Cartridge Kodak Camera

1892-1902

The Demon Detective camera

1889

Contax S camera

1948

LogiTech FotoMan Plus digital camera

1992

Photo-collage (joiner) by David Hockney of National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford, West Yorkshire, assembled July 1985

Photo-collage by David Hockney

1984-1985

Chemical cabinet.

Chemical Cabinet

Jackson's instantaneous shutter. Title on bone inset plaque.

Jackson's instantaneous shutter

1850-1900

Canon AE1 35mm single lens refelx camera body, partially dismantled. Cut-away section through body (no lens).

Canon AE1 Camera Body Partially Dismantled

Apple Mac Quick Take 100 digital camera. Serial Number TL4288P325Q. Built-in flash unit and LCD screen. 99000369 written in marker pen on side of camera body.

Apple Mac Quick Take 100 digital camera

1994

Clear glass flask, spherical with metal rim, by Ets Leune, 28 bis rue du Cardinal Lemoine, Paris, France, 1851-1900; stopper missing.

Clear glass flask with metal rim, 1851-1900

1851-1900

Olympus Trip 35 SLR camera with pouch. Olympus DZUIO lens 1;2.6, f-40mm. Lens made in Japan. Camera Serial No 5231297.

Olympus Trip 35 with pouch

Marble bust of poet John Milton. By unknown artist. Loan from National Portrait Gallery (Inventory No NPG 3781).

Marble bust of the poet John Milton

Flask, clear glass, for pouring, European, second half 19th century.

Clear glass flask, 1851-1900

1851-1900

Ricoh Mirai autofocus 35mm S.L.R. camera, serial No.47108542. With power zoom lens 35-135mm 1:4.-5.6, macro; with lens cap. Manufactured by Ricoh Company, Japan, 1988. retailed by Johnson's Photopia.

Ricoh Mirai Autofocus 35mm SLR camera

1988

Nimslo 3-D 35mm camera. 35mm automatic 3 Dimension. Hot shoe.Automatic shutter, electronically programmed, 1/30 to 1/500 seconds. Serilal No.230910334. 30mm Quadra lens system; 30mm f/5.6 Air Spaced Triplets with coated high indexed optical glass elements, prefocussed to 6' (2 metres) to infiniity. Serial No 1202.

Nimslo 3-D 35mm camera

1982

Canon AE-1 program camera. Serial No V1054H(K). Canon lens fd; 50mm 1:1.74, Serial no 3373241, Shutter No 5000000E. Hot shoe fitting.

Canon AE-1 Program Camera

Photograph of a figure in garden in Pune, titled 'Poona', by Samuel Bourne, 1860s.

Photograph of a figure in a garden by Samuel Bourne

1860

Nikonos V underwater camera. Orange rubber. Camera Serial No 2016269. Nikon Nikkor 35mm lens 1:2.5, Serial No 555687. With hot shoe.

Nikanos-V Underwater Camera

Folding wooden drying rack for 24 plates, 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches or larger.

plate drying rack

Union Case, one of two, without photograph; moulded with diamond pattern, velvet lined, no photograph

Empty Union Case

1860-1870

Linen tape measure in turned bone cylinder, with ivory spool; pierced for Stanhope lens.

Centimetre tape measure with aperture for microphotograph

Miniature opera glass in ivory with brass mount; pierced for Stanhope lenses.

Opera glass' mount for microphotograph

80x92mm red Morocco leather fold-over case with slot-in catch on front. Gold leaf on design on inside edges. Lined with pink satin. Frame edged with lilac material. Oval gilt mat with fern desing. Patterend pinchbeck frame. 57x70mm young woman seated with arm resting on table. Hat with feather on her lap. full skirted dress. Face and hands tinted. Gilt on earings, brooch and belt buckle. Tablecloth also tinted. Lacquer back.

Collodion Positive in Morocco Leather 'Fold Over' Case

Flexible printed circuit board from the Canon AE-1, programmable camera.

Flexible Printed Circuit Board from Canon AE1

Plate storage box of wood, 15 x 9 x 11cm, overall for quarter plates. Fitted grooves for twelve plates floating internal lid with brass spring, sliding lid with lock. Hand dovetailed. Perhaps for storing cleaned glass plates for wet Collodion process.

plate storage box

Rectangular shaped matt, metal, with rectangle shaped aperture with the top two corners curved.

Matt

Rectangular shaped matt, metal, with rectangle shaped aperture with the top two corners curved.

Matt

Rectangular shaped matt, metal, with oval shaped aperture.

Matt

Box camera for 116 rollfilm 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a meniscus lens, sliding plate with three apertures. Rotary shutter, T/I. Two reflecting finders. Kodak Canada Inc. 1924-1933.

No 2A Brownie Camera

1924-1933

Wet collodion sensitising bath c 1890; closed; with brass carrying handle.

Wet collodion sensitising bath

1885-1895

60x100mm cream-coloured card mount decorated with gold leaf design. Oval frame edged with gold leaf. 40x60mm full length ferrotype portrait of a baby seated on a carved chair. Tinting on face.

Card Mounted Ferrotype

Medal, Birmingham Photographic Society, 1934. Awarded to Stanley A Smith. Round relief, cast base metal with silver paint. Seated man developing a photograph with a girl behind. In fabric-lined box.

Medal, Birmingham Photographic Society

1934

Frame for a cased image consisting of preserver, cover glass and matt, metal and glass. The frame has a patterned border with a curved motif in each corner. The matt has an arch shaped aperture.

Frame

Carte de visite of a still life showing a book with a bookmark, a compass, and a pair of spectacles.

Carte de visite of a book, compass and spectacles

A cardboard three-dimensional display stand for Kodak Brownie camera depicting a person in the foreground photographing a couple in the background.

Kodak Brownie camera display stand

Rectangular shaped matt, metal, with rectangle shaped aperture. The frame has a dotted pattern, with a foliage motif in each corner.

Matt

Plaque, New Photographer Award, 1928. Cast bronze relief on wooden mount. Cast with a seated man putting a laurel crown on a seated angel. 'Awarded to S A Smith New Photographer 6168 - LNER April 1928'

New Photographer Award, 1928

1928

Medal, Bradford Camera Club 1930-1931. Awarded to Stanley A Smith. Cast white metal, releif of woman in Classical dress writting on a wall. In case. 'Stanley A Smith Bradford Camera Club Trophy 1930-31'.

Medal, Bradford Camera Club 1930-1931. Awarded to Stanley A Smith. Cast white metal

1930-1931

Ambrotype. Woman and dog. Hand painted.

Woman and Dog

circa 1850

Folding camera for 118 rollfilm 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Fitted with a Kodak anastigmat lens, F:127mm F?6.3-45, No 104717. No 1 Kodex shutter, 25/50/T/B with cable release. Lever focusing, screw rising front. Brilliant reflecting finder, (front lens missing). Autographic back. No 20021.

No 3 Kodak Series III camera

1931-1933

For whole plate pictures; black composition; formal design on reverse. Exterior design shows a rowing boat with many men rowing and preparing to land with one man standing proudly at the helm with a flag flying behind. Possibly commemorating a discovery of land or naval battle.

Union Case With 'Washington Crossing The Delaware' Motif