Lot Essay
The Naturalists camera is virtually identical to Marion and Co.s Academy camera and the instruction sheet carries the name Academy.
Details
ROWLAND WARD & CO., London
A 1¼ x 1¼ inch Naturalist's camera with wood-body, brass fittings, rotary shutter, direct vision finder, side-mounted rack and plate advancing mechanism, base-mounted twelve-plate plateholder with printed Instructions for using Rowland Ward's Naturalists' camera and plaque The Naturalists' Camera. Rowland Ward & Co., Naturalists to the Court, 166 Piccadilly, London, instruction sheet and maker's box with printed instruction label.
A 1¼ x 1¼ inch Naturalist's camera with wood-body, brass fittings, rotary shutter, direct vision finder, side-mounted rack and plate advancing mechanism, base-mounted twelve-plate plateholder with printed Instructions for using Rowland Ward's Naturalists' camera and plaque The Naturalists' Camera. Rowland Ward & Co., Naturalists to the Court, 166 Piccadilly, London, instruction sheet and maker's box with printed instruction label.
Literature
Phootgraphers Indispensable Handbook 1887, p. 62-63.
Further details
See illustration and front cover illustration