Lot Essay
The Dallmeyer lens dates to 1893.
Details
GEORGE HARE, London
A 10 x 8 inch mahogany and brass field camera no. 7148 with square-cut red-leather bellows, a J. H. Dallmeyer 3.D. patent lens no. 53190 with rack and pinion focusing, a Morgan & Kidd 10 x 8 inch patent rollfilm back, two mahogany double darkslides with four 5 x 7½ inch reducers, two spare lens panels and maker's plate G. Hare. Manuafacturer. 26 Calthorpe St., London, in maker's fitted leather case.
A 10 x 8 inch mahogany and brass field camera no. 7148 with square-cut red-leather bellows, a J. H. Dallmeyer 3.D. patent lens no. 53190 with rack and pinion focusing, a Morgan & Kidd 10 x 8 inch patent rollfilm back, two mahogany double darkslides with four 5 x 7½ inch reducers, two spare lens panels and maker's plate G. Hare. Manuafacturer. 26 Calthorpe St., London, in maker's fitted leather case.
Provenance
G. Egdell, photographer, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the vendor's grandfather.