Stereoscopic camera by French maker Jules Richard, ca. 1925 [realia] / Verascope
- Bib ID:
- 2864475
- Format:
- Object
- Description:
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- [ca. 1925]
- 1 camera : metal, brass, glass, leather, green velvet ; 19.9 x 16 x 6.8 cm., in lined case 20 x 16 x 7 cm.
- Summary:
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The camera is made of metal, mostly oxidized brass, with maximum dimensions (excluding lenses) of 140 × 60 × 45 mm. It is also quite heavy, weighing 1.2 kg. Its features include a cable release, a hinged direct viewfinder on the side, a built-in angled viewfinder between the lenses (and viewed from the apparent bottom of the camera), and two circular bubble levels on the top and bottom. In use the camera would be mounted on a tripod, so that the numbered settings on the front can be read by leaning over the camera from above.--History of Science Museum, Oxford.
- Biography/History:
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Jules Richard (1848-1930) was a second generation instrument maker, the son of Félix Richard and nephew of the electrical instrument maker Gustave Froment. The former began business in his native Lyon about 1845, and later moved to Paris. Jules was trained partly in his father's workshop and then with several other craftsmen. In 1882 he formed a partnership with his younger brother Max, as Richard Frères, and although this was dissolved in 1891 the 'RF' monogram was retained as the firm's symbol. It was just at this time that Richard was moving into the field of photographic apparatus.--History of Science Museum, Oxford.
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer.
- Tregellas Collection.
- Inscriptions: "VERASCOPE, BTÉ S.G.D.G., BREVETÉS S.G.D.G, RF, PARIS, 39375"--Engraved on back of camera.
- Condition: Leather case, rubbed, trigger detached on cable release.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Richard, Jules, 1848-1930
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