Objectif à verres combinés

Objectif à verres combinés

Lens

Charles Louis Chevalier

Maker
French, 1804–1859

Objectif à verres combinés

1840
Metal and glass
Overall: 4 1/2 × 5 1/8 × 5 1/8 in. (11.5 × 13 × 13 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer, 1972
1972.0330.0006
DescriptionChevalier portrait and landscape lens, with two extra lens elements.
Inscriptions Printed in blue ink, scalloped-oval label applied inside lens, inner ring, TC: COLLECTION \ G.CROMER \ 10 [number inscribed in black ink, Cromer's hand, centered on label]
Engraved in metal, on diaphragm at front of lens, TC: PORTRAITS \ ET \ PAYSAGES\ 3
Engraved in metal, on lens barrel, center ring, RC: PAYSAGES

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