Lumière magazine camera
Camera
Charles Monti
French
Louis Jean Lumière
French, 1864–1948
Lumière magazine camera
ca 1892
Wood, metal, leather, and glass
Overall: 5 3/4 × 6 3/4 × 8 3/16 in. (14.6 × 17.1 × 20.8 cm)
Image: 3 9/16 × 4 3/4 in. (9 × 12 cm)
Paper (Cromer's note): 2 7/16 × 3 1/4 in. (6.2 × 8.2 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0037.1069
DescriptionDry plate magazine camera, with Waterhouse stops in leather pouch.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, plate affixed to camera top, C: Système L. Lumiere \ Breveté S.G.D.G. \ CONSTRUCTEUR \ CH. MONTI \ 124 et 126 Rue Lafayette, PARIS
Stamped in wood, inside back door, LC: 103
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on piece of paper (see component), recto, C: Appareil Lumière \ 1891(?) \ Voir Fabre \ Supplement A \ Page 186 [no inscriptions on verso]
Stamped in wood, inside back door, LC: 103
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on piece of paper (see component), recto, C: Appareil Lumière \ 1891(?) \ Voir Fabre \ Supplement A \ Page 186 [no inscriptions on verso]
