W.W. Rouch view camera (10 x 8 in.)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: W.W. Rouch & Co.
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England, London
OBJECT NAME VARIATION: Rouch view camera (10 x 8 in.)
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1864
FILM TYPE: wet plate
IMAGE SIZE: 10 x 8
SIGNIFICANT FEATURE: Kinnear tapered bellows
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: view
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: Dallmeyer triple achromat
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes

NOTES:
  10 x 8 view camera with Kinnear type tapered bellows, ca 1864. The
  1864 date is derived from the Dallmeyer lens serial number. Camera
  features rising front and endless screw focusing.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: R854.00001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Hasbroeck, Paul-Henry van. --150 Classic Cameras: From 1839 to the Present.-- London: Sotheby's Publications, 1989.//