Lot Essay
The Photography Annual described Beck's camera as being so well known that comment is needless. Everything is done from outside except drawing the shutter or dark slide.
Details
R. & J. BECK LTD., London
A quarter-plate detective boxform camera no. 450 with a removable lens section comprising a Newman's patent shutter and Beck 5 x 4 Rectalinear lens no. 3946, four internally contained darkslides, and focusing screen.
A quarter-plate detective boxform camera no. 450 with a removable lens section comprising a Newman's patent shutter and Beck 5 x 4 Rectalinear lens no. 3946, four internally contained darkslides, and focusing screen.
Literature
Henry Sturmey (editor), Photography Annual 1891, p. 291.