Marcus Adams' travelling studio camera is to be offered at auction on 4 May. The camera was designed and custom-built for Adams to make half-plate negatives, and is with a Carl Zeiss Jena, Tessar 25cm f/4.5 lens no. 451181 and a Dallmeyer pneumatic shutter. It was originally from the estate of Adams' widow. The camera is estimated at £400-600.
Adams was a Fellow of both the Royal Photographic Society and Institute of British Photographers and a specialist in child studies, as well as a photographer of royalty.
The camera is shown in pictures of Adams' studio now held in the National Portrait Gallery collection:
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw280916/Photomontage-of-Marcus-Adams-with-his-travelling-camera
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw280914/Marcus-Adams-with-his-travelling-camera-designed-and-built-by-himself
Auction: Happy & Glorious: God Save The King
4 May 2023
Chiswick Auctions, London, lot 54
See: https://www.chiswickauctions.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-54---marcus-adams-1875-1959--travelling-half-plate-camera/?lot=218910&so=0&st=camera&sto=0&au=922&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=0&pp=48&pn=1&g=1
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