Photographe à verres combinés
Lens
Charles Chevalier
French, 1804–1859
Photographe à verres combinés
1841
Metal and glass
Overall: 4 9/16 × 3 9/16 × 3 9/16 in. (11.6 × 9 × 9 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1992.0244.0001
DescriptionFull plate lens for portraits and landscapes.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, lens barrel top ring, C: PHOTOGRAPHE à Verres Combinés. \ Inventé par Charles Chevalier, \ Ingénieur, Opticien, Breveté, \ Palais Royal, 163, à Paris.
Engraved in metal, lens barrel top ring, C: 2
Engraved in metal, lens barrel, bottom ring, C: 0
Engraved in metal, lens barrel, center ring, C: 5
Engraved in metal, lens barrel top ring, C: 2
Engraved in metal, lens barrel, bottom ring, C: 0
Engraved in metal, lens barrel, center ring, C: 5