Lot Essay
Auer dates the Browning camera to 1890 and for microscopy use.
Details
JOHN BROWNING, London
A 1½ x 2 inch mahogany-body boxform camera with integral plate holder and maker's label John Browning. Optician. 63 Strand, London WC; a brass bound Extra Rapid Rectalinear lens with aperture for Waterhouse stops, signed John Browning...London; a 3¼ x 3¼ inch mahogany-body boxform camera with removable focusing screen and double darkslides, brass lens tube, internal flap-shutter and maker's label John Browning. Optician. 78 Strand, London WC.
A 1½ x 2 inch mahogany-body boxform camera with integral plate holder and maker's label John Browning. Optician. 63 Strand, London WC; a brass bound Extra Rapid Rectalinear lens with aperture for Waterhouse stops, signed John Browning...London; a 3¼ x 3¼ inch mahogany-body boxform camera with removable focusing screen and double darkslides, brass lens tube, internal flap-shutter and maker's label John Browning. Optician. 78 Strand, London WC.
Literature
Michel Auer (1989), 150 Years of Cameras, no. 265.