Miniature plate camera, c 1880

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1875-1885 in London
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