Full plate sensitizing box

Full plate sensitizing box

Darkroom

Charles Chevalier

French, 1804–1859

Full plate sensitizing box

1853
Wood, metal, and glass
Overall: 3 7/16 × 11 7/16 × 8 7/16 in. (8.8 × 29 × 21.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1977.0132.0041
DescriptionFrench sensitizing box for full plate daguerreotypes, without porcelain bowl.
Inscriptions Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on graph paper inside box, C: Le Daguerreotype \ Boite à ioder (ou a bromer) \ modèle de Charles Chevalier \ (voir son catalogue de 1853 dans ma bibliothèque \ photo) \ Con. photo de Gab. Cromer)

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