Multiple lens camera

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Multiple lens camera
C. Jabez Hughes, London; half-plate, polished mahogany body, inset lacquered-brass binding, the top with label C. Jabez Hughes, 379 Oxford Street, London, rack and pinion front-focusing internal box, removable focusing screen stamped 428 with silver staining, the interior stamped 379 and matt-black painted internal twelve-section divider, with twelve lacquered-brass lenses mounted on three matching brass panels; a wet-collodion single plate holder (damaged)

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The front-focusing box arrangement was suggested by the London photographer F. R Window in 1861 and remained popular throughout the 1860s. C. Jabez Hughes was listed at 379 Oxford Street as a photographic manufacturer from 1860 to 1872 after which the business was taken over by John Werge.

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