The Chartron Brothers
Photograph
The Chartron Brothers
January 13, 1847
Daguerreotype
Image: 3 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (9.5 × 7 cm)
Overall (1/2 plate): 5 15/16 × 4 15/16 × 1/4 in. (15.1 × 12.6 × 0.6 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
Inscriptions Etched on plate, recto, BL: Chartron freres \ Le 13 Janvier 1847
Inscribed on applied label in ink (Cromer's hand) on verso, T / B / C: Collection photographique / de Gab. Cromer / Portrait ae Daguerreotype \ par Vaillat. \ Les frères Chartron, \ 13 Janvier 1847. \ plaque épaisse, non biseautée
Inscribed on binding tape in pencil, verso, BR: 10D-133
Maker stamp reverse-painted on original glass in ink, recto, BRC: Vaillat Opticien Palais Royal 43
Hallmark etched on plate, verso: B 30
Inscribed on applied label in ink (Cromer's hand) on verso, T / B / C: Collection photographique / de Gab. Cromer / Portrait ae Daguerreotype \ par Vaillat. \ Les frères Chartron, \ 13 Janvier 1847. \ plaque épaisse, non biseautée
Inscribed on binding tape in pencil, verso, BR: 10D-133
Maker stamp reverse-painted on original glass in ink, recto, BRC: Vaillat Opticien Palais Royal 43
Hallmark etched on plate, verso: B 30
