Lot Essay
Hughes was listed as a photographic apparatus manufacturer at 379 Oxford Street W. from 1860-1872, although his connection with photography predates this.
Details
A 5 x 5 inch mahogany-body transitional wet/dry-plate bellows camera with red square-cut leather bellows, a brass bound lens with rack and pinion focusing, brass lens cap, lens barrel signed Jabez Hughes, 379 Oxford St London No. 4101, four Waterhouse stops in case, contained focusing screen and wet-plate dark slide; slide, screen and camera body stamped 702
Further details
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