Box camera, with plate holder and lens, wood / metal / glass / leather / textile, Ross & Co, London, England, possibly 1876-1900

Ross & Co. scientific instrument makers 33 Regent St., Piccadilly, London, England

Ross is the name of a succession of London-based lens designers and their company.

Andrew Ross (1798–1859) founded his company in 1830, from 1840 producing camera lenses signed "A. Ross". Particularly during Andrew Ross's lifetime, the company was one of the foremost lens companies. In the twentieth century, Ross continued to produce lenses, but also produced binoculars, epidiascopes, etc.

After World War II Ross produced lenses for Ensign, MPP, and other cameras.

Ross was taken over by Avimo in 1975; Avimo was later taken over by Thales Optics.

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Wilkinson, Matthew, and Colin Glanfield. A lens collector's vade mecum. (CD publication) "Version 7/5/2001" (7 May 2001).

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_%28optics%29"

c1840 Ross started making lenses for cameras. The lenses were engraved A. Ross, London. Ross had an early association with Carl Zeiss in Jena; Zeiss licensed some Ross patent designs particularly for EWA lenses and in turn Ross had a licence for the British Empire to make some Carl Zeiss lens types. 
Zeiss built a factory in London, mainly to produce binoculars; some camera lenses also were produced. 
1855 Ross also made some cameras, from about 1855 to the 1910s. 
1858 After the death of Andrew Ross the firm was run by his 'son T. R. Ross', and the lenses were engraved Ross, London.
Sourced from https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Ross, accessed 13 December 2019

Ross and Company

London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

H5874 Box camera, with plate holder and lens, wood / metal / glass / leather / textile, Ross & Co, London, England, possibly 1876-1900

Cameras that allow special control of perspective and focus.  They are composed of a front that accepts a lens mounting board, a bellows that connects the front to the back, a back that accepts plate holders or film holders and roll film adaptors, and a bed that supports the front and back.

View cameras

Boxlike cameras, usually without bellows.

POWERHOUSE COLLECTION

Field camera with lens made by Ross & Co

Object No. H5874

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