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- OBJECT TYPE
- PLATE/SLIDING BOX
- DATE
- 1850
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.0045.001
- MANUFACTURER
- KNIGHT, GEORGE & SONS
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1569
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 21
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 WOOD CASING; BRASS LENS BARREL, MOUNT, PINION, ETC.; GROUND GLASS SCREEN AT REAR/.2 BRASS/.3-.4 WOOD & GLASS WITH METAL PARTS, LEATHER TABS/.5 WOOD WITH METAL PARTS/.6 WOOD/.7-.17 WOOD;.7,.11,.15 WITH GLASS CORNERS/.17-.18 CARDBOARD/.19 CARDBOARD WITH FABRIC OR FELT COVERING/.20 WOOD, GLASS & METAL/.21 WOOD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 44.2 cm
- Width
- 24.7 cm
- Height
- 23.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- KNIGHT
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- CA. 1850-1900 (?)
- Canada
-
THESE CAMERAS NOT PRODUCED IN CANADA BUT WERE USED EXTENSIVELY HERE. CAMERA BROUGHT TO CANADA BY DR. CHAPLIN'S PREDECESSORS CA.1870 OR 1910. - Function
-
CAMERA USED FOR DAGUERREIAN AND LATER PROCESSES (IE COLLODIAN) - Technical
-
THIS ANTIQUE CAMERA WAS OF A TYPE WHICH DIRECTLY FOLLOWED THE DAGUERREIAN (THE 1ST COMMERCIAL CAMERA). IT WAS USED FOR DAGUERREIAN AND LATER PROCESSES, BEING THEREFORE, MORE VERSATILE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PLATE ON CASING READS "KNIGHT/ FOSTER LANE/ LONDON"; INCISED SCRIPT ON LENS HOUSING READS "Knight & Sons/ Foster Lane/ London"; INTERIOR OF GROUND GLASS FRAME MARKED "1569"/.3,.4,.5,.7,.8,.9,.10 INCISED "1568"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 LACQUERED MAHOGANY EXTERIOR; LACQUERED GOLD FINISHED METAL/.2 GOLD COLOURED/.3-.6 LACQUERED MAHOGANY/.7-.14,.15-.16 PAINTED FLAT BLACK/.14 UNFINISHED/.17-.18 BLACK/ 19 BLACK/.20 LACQUERED MAHOGANY/.21 ONE SIDE STAINED BROWN
- Decoration
- NONE
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KNIGHT, GEORGE & SONS, Camera, circa 1850, Artifact no. 1975.0045, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0045.001/
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