Accession No

3993

Brief Description

studio camera on wheeled tripod, by R. A. Goldmann, Austrian, 1880 (c)

Origin

Austria-Hungary [now Austria]; Vienna

Maker

Goldmann, R. A.

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1880

Latest Date

1880

Inscription Date

Material

wood (mahogany); metal (brass); hide (leather)

Dimensions

Camera: length 602mm; height 327mm; width 275mm; Stand: min. height 865mm; diameter at base 700mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Sotheby’s, London, England; ‘An Important Collection of Cameras, Optical Toys, Magic Lanterns and Related Materials’, lot 80, 2/6/1993.

Inscription

‘R.A. GOLDMANN
Fabrik fotgr. Apparate
WIEN, IV. VICTORG. 14.’ (brass label screwed above lens)
‘RUD. A. GOLDMANN
WIEN’ (semi-visible branded stamp behind lens fixture)
‘LH2’ (stencilled on stand)
‘nach a
Gorgier - St. Aubin - Sauges
Nr 4609 G1 V1 37’ (partly unreadable label pasted on stand)
‘8815. J.H. Dallmeyer
LONDON’ (signed on lens)

Description Notes

7 x 7 inch studio camera, mahogany and brass. Brassbound Dallmeyer portrait lens No. 8815. Rack and pinion focusing and aperture for Waterhouse stops. Angle adjustment. Green leather bellows. Mahogany studio tripod-stand with central extending rod. Moves on wheels, handle for height adjustments.

Good condition, handle for altering height is broken off, focusing mechanism no longer works, two holes drilled in movable(?) rack and backplate removed by J. Bennett for special exhibition. Now missing

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