This camera was made by Billcliff and sold by several companies including Houghton, Atkinson, LPOC and Nadar. It is unusual in having a revolving back, a fitting not often found on field cameras of the period. The rear of the camera carries a small roundel with the patent number of the revolving back. The retailer's plaque - Houghton - is also on the rear of the camera. The bellows disengage from the front standard when closing the camera, the retaining strips for the lens panel are made of ebony. The lens is mounted on a circular panel with a cut-out that bayonets to the front standard. The rising front is clamped by moving the bar at the top of the front standard which pulls the forks together. An interesting feature is the ability to reverse the focusing rack which combined with the tilting back and tilting front gives a drop-bed arrangement suitable for wide-angle lenses.