Item ST 28355 View Camera - Thornton-Pickard, 'Imperial Triple Extension', Half-Plate Field Camera, London, U.K., circa 1900

Summary

Half-plate field view camera manufactured by Thornton-Pickard, London, circa 1900.
Features an Ensign Symmetrical F-8 lens, includes three dark slides, a Thornton-Pickard carrying case and other miscellaneous items. Thornton-Pickard roller blind shutter no. B 69515 , body no. 286. Also referred to as a stand camera, it has provision for a turntable on its baseboar, allowing it to rotate on a tripod or stand. Miscellaneous items are: 1 half plate, 2 wet plates, 1 quarter plate, dark slides and various printing frames.

The camera was distributed by Baker & Rouse in Australia (later taken over by Eastman Kodak). At the time Baker and Rouse advertised the camera as suitable for '...all classes of work, viz.: Landscape, Architectural. Portrait, Copying, Enlarging, Wide Angle and Telephoto Photography', which would indicate that the camera was intended for professional photographers.

Physical Description

Mahogany and brass view camera with flexible black leather bellows. Ground-glass viewfinder on the rear standard. Brass Ensign lens mounted on the front standard.