Contour gauge
Camera
Unidentified
Maker
Contour gauge
ca. 1880
Wood and metal
Overall: 9 13/16 × 6 7/8 × 1 9/16 in. (25 × 17.5 × 4 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionContour gauge used to capture face profile for physionotype.
Inscriptions Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on partial printed label applied to verso, BC: Coln. photo. [Collection photographique] de Gab. Cromer \ Machine é prendre les \ profils en simplification du \ "physionotype" de Sauvage. \ [Appar]eil acheté à Boulogne -sur- \ [illegible], 1880, par le père de \ [illegible]ay, membre S.F.P. \ [illegible]
