Appareil Universal No. 1

Appareil Universal No. 1

Camera

Charles Louis Chevalier

Maker
French, 1804–1859

Appareil Universal No. 1

1841–1850
Wood, metal, and glass
Overall (camera without lens): 10 1/4 × 8 11/16 × 17 15/16 in. (26 × 22 × 45.5 cm)
Overall (holder): 9 5/8 × 7 13/16 × 1 9/16 in. (24.5 × 19.8 × 4 cm)
Paper: 4 1/4 × 6 1/8 in. (10.8 × 15.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0037.2565
DescriptionDaguerreotype sliding box camera, with ground glass, lens and one holder.
Inscriptions Stamped in wood, on rear camera board, BC: [inside oval line border] CHARLES CHEVALIER \ DEUX \ MÉDAILLES D'OR \ EN 1834 \ PALAIS ROYAL 163 PARIS
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on graph paper (see component), recto: Daguerréotype Chevalier \ antérieur à 1850, \ puisque marqué 163 Palais Royale, \ et qu'il vivait au 158 en 1849-50 \ Le châssis a été refait \ Cette chambre servit plus tard au \ collodion (ou au papier ciré) \ à cause des taches d'argent. \ Le "photographe (objectif est [d’avant 1844, strikethrough] / celui décrit dans les N[ouv]elle Description de 1841, \ sauf qu'il n'a pas son tube à portrait. [no inscriptions on verso]
Inscribed in pencil, on ground glass, C: X
[no inscriptions on holder]

Engraved in metal, on lens barrel, C: Photographe à Verres Combinés, \ Inventé par \ CHARLES-CHEVALIER, \ Palais Royal, 158, Paris.
Engraved in metal, black lens ring in center of barrel, BL: PORTRAITS
Engraved in metal, black lens ring in center of barrel, BC: [inside oval line border] CHARLES CHEVALIER \ DEUX \ MEDAILLES D'OR \ EN 1834
Engraved in metal, lens front, C: PAYSAGES \ ET \ GRAVURES \ 3
Printed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied inside lens, BC: COLLECTION \ G.CROMER \ 14 [number inscribed in black ink, Cromer's hand, centered on label]

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