Plate Camera

Maker: Perken, Son and Rayment, London Nationality: UK Medium: apparatus Size: Location: UK Object No. 2009.006 Shelf: room Publication: Other Collections: Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, Cameras & Opitical Toys, 9/6/05, lot 375 Rank: 626 Notes: To view our archive organized by themes and subjects, visit: OUR COLLECTIONS For information about reproducing this image, visit: THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE

An early sliding box type dry collodion plate camera, with a lens made by the London Stereoscopic Co. Frederick Scott Archer (1813-1857) invented the wet collodion process that replaced the calotype and daguerreotype processes. Popular from around 1855, it was the first photographic process that produced finely detailed negatives, of which more than one copy could be made, and for this reason is widely considered one of the most important developments in photograpy. The gelatin dry collodion…

I had been mesmerized by wet plate photography for at least a couple years. It wasn’t until I saw a post by Giles Clement about making a camera in 10 hours with his friends that I felt inspired to…

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Since 1851 professional photographers used these cameras in their studios, (once the process of glass plate negatives had been perfected).

Historic Mathew Brady Studio Camera, circa Early 1860s. Quite possibly the wet plate camera he used to - Available at 2011 Nov 30 - Dec 1 Americana &...

Kevin Klein has a hobby of miniaturizing Victorian technology, and recently he made the world's smallest wet plate camera using 1/32-inch plywood and

The greatest loss to an antique is the loss of its history (owner, purpose, use, etc.). Yes, condition governs value on most pieces, but knowing who owned the item and their story adds tremendous personal value. In the case of this Horne & Thornthwaite camera I unfortunately do not know anything about the previous owner(s), but we can make a few speculations. Known Camera History First the easy to discern facts. The camera is well documented...