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Archaeological Folding Quarter-Plate Camera and Kit owned by T. E. Lawrence, by J. H. Dallmeyer, London, 1910

Inventory Number 21126

Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.21126

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Professor A. W. Lawrence.
Primary inscriptions
"J.H. DALLMAYER / OPTICIAN / LONDON" stamped on exterior of case. "Property of T.E.Lawrence Pole Hill, Chingford, Essex." handwritten upon exterior of case. On levelling device: "DALLMEYER" First two components of triplet lens: "No 2. SER. II DALLMEYER STIGMATIC F/6 PATENT F=5.3"=135mm. J.H. Dallmeyer. LONDON." Round the lens barrel: "F1=11"=275mm. No 75237" Rear component screwed to the back of the shutter: "F2= 8.5" =210 mm"
Object type
Camera
Dimensions
Height: 830mm Width: 710mm Depth: 10mm
Inventory No
21126
Accession Number
1969-183

Description

Folding quarter-plate camera and kit built specifically for T. E. Lawrence ('Lawrence of Arabia'). Rising and vertical swing lens-panel. Reflex view finder on base-board, ball-bearing Dallmeyer levelling device with metal plumbline and a triplet lens.

The kit consists of four mahogany book-form double dark-slides for 8 x 11 cm plates, numbered 1-8, and two mahogany double dark-slides for cut-film, numbered 7-10, a dark cloth and baize-lined leather case.

The lenses associated with the camera include a bronze telephoto attachment in box, a Dallmeyer rectilinear lens with lens cap, and an aluminium Dallmeyer ADON eye-piece magnifier.

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