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LicenseSmall experimental 'Mousetrap' camera with lens, 1834-1836
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Small experimental 'Mousetrap' camera with lens, 1834-1836
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Small experimental 'Mousetrap' camera with lens, 1834-1836
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Small experimental 'Mousetrap' camera with lens, 1834-1836
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
'Mousetrap' camera
Matilda Talbot
Science Museum Group Collection
Small experimental 'Mousetrap' camera with lens, 1834-1836, made by William Henry Fox Talbot
The Mousetrap camera was a simple wooden box camera with a brass barrel single lens. The camera was made by a local joiner to Talbot's plan, the same joiner would go on to make a whole set. It was named the Mousetrap by Talbot's wife.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Object Number:
- 1937-343
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), wood (unidentified) and glass
- Measurements:
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overall: 77 mm x 55 mm x 100 mm, .1 kg
- type:
- box camera
- credit:
- Matilda Talbot
