Grand Photographe camera

Grand Photographe camera

Camera

Charles Chevalier

Maker
French, 1804–1859

Grand Photographe camera

Chevalier Travelling Camera


ca. 1840
Wood, metal, and glass
Overall: 11 13/16 × 9 1/16 × 18 1/8 in. (30 × 23 × 46 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0028.3313
DescriptionWhole plate daguerreotype camera with ground glass and lens.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, focusing knob, camera top, C: PHOTOGRAPHE \ à Verres Combiné \ Inventé Par Charles Chevalier \ Ingénieur Opticien Breveté \ Palais Royal 163. \ Paris.
Printed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied to ground glass frame, back, TR: COLLECTION \ G.CROMER \ 1933 \ 30 [numericals inscribed in black ink, Cromer's hand, centered on label]
Stamped in wood, top of camera, LC: G.CROMER
Engraved in metal, lens barrel, C: Inventé par \ Charles Chevalier \ Ingénieur Opticien Breveté \ Palais Royal 163 \ Paris.
Printed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied to lens board, inside camera, TR: COLLECTION \ G.CROMER \ 9 [underlined number inscribed in black ink, Cromer's hand, centered on label]
Printed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied inside lens, C: COLLECTION \ G.CROMER \ 9 [underlined number inscribed in black ink, Cromer's hand, centered on label]
Stamped in wood, ground glass frame, inner side, BC: G.CROMER

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