Laboratoire Révélateur Photographique
Camera
Laboratoire Révélateur Photographique
1859
Wood, metal, and string
Overall: 19 5/16 × 11 × 16 1/8 in. (49 × 28 × 41 cm)
Paper (large Cromer's note): 5 15/16 × 4 7/16 in. (15.1 × 11.2 cm)
Paper (small Cromer's note): 2 3/4 × 4 in. (7 × 10.1 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionSerial #221 combination wet-plate camera and darkroom apparatus for half plates (without lens.)
Inscriptions Embossed in metal, on oval plate affixed to top of camera, BC: LABORATOIRE RÉVÉLATEUR \ PHOTOGRAPHIQUE \ BREVETÉ \ S.G.D.G. \ TITUS ALBITES, PARIS
Stamped in wood, on camera top, BR: 221
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on large graph paper (see component), recto, B: Laboratoire révélateur \ de Titus Albites \ Voir Disdéri page 356 [no inscriptions on verso]
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on small graph paper (see component), recto, C: Collection Cromer \ 1859 \ Chambre noire - laboratoire \ Titus Albites \ (Voir Fabre, Tôme 1er \ page 293) [no inscriptions on verso]
Stamped in wood, on camera top, BR: 221
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on large graph paper (see component), recto, B: Laboratoire révélateur \ de Titus Albites \ Voir Disdéri page 356 [no inscriptions on verso]
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on small graph paper (see component), recto, C: Collection Cromer \ 1859 \ Chambre noire - laboratoire \ Titus Albites \ (Voir Fabre, Tôme 1er \ page 293) [no inscriptions on verso]
