Giroux daguerreotype camera
Camera
Giroux daguerreotype camera
1839
Wood, metal, wax, velvet, and glass
Overall: 12 5/8 × 14 15/16 × 22 13/16 in. (32 × 38 × 58 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1978.1631.0001
DescriptionFull plate daguerreotype camera with lens. Daguerreotype camera, full plate, used by Daguerre and constructed especially for him by Giroux, seal on side.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, plate affixed to right side, C: Aucun Appareil n'est garanti s'il ne porte la Signture... \ Mr. DAGUERRE et le Cachet de Mr. GIROUX. \ LE \ DAGUERREOTYPE \ ÉXÉCUTÉ \ sous la Direction \ de son Auteur. \ G \ à Paris. \ chez \ Alph. Giroux et Cie., Rue du Coq St. Honoré, No. 7.
Inscribed in ink, on plate affixed to right side, BR: Daguerre [signature]
Stamped in red wax, on plate affixed to right side, BL: GIROUX
Engraved in metal, lens front, TC: LE DAGUERRÉOTYPE
Engraved in metal, lens front, BC: Giroux et Compe. \ A PARIS
Stamped in wood, right side, outer box, TR: G.CROMER
Stamped in wood, right side, inner box, TR: G.CROMER
Stamped in wood, right side, tailboard top, TR: G.CROMER
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand), tailboard underside, L: 18
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand), inside lens barrel, L: 18
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on wood edge of mirror frame, TC: [illegible, chassis?] et glace sont [illegible, seulement?] ainsi que ferrure \ [illegible] refaite puis coupé de nouveau [illegible] de [illegible]
Inscribed in ink, on plate affixed to right side, BR: Daguerre [signature]
Stamped in red wax, on plate affixed to right side, BL: GIROUX
Engraved in metal, lens front, TC: LE DAGUERRÉOTYPE
Engraved in metal, lens front, BC: Giroux et Compe. \ A PARIS
Stamped in wood, right side, outer box, TR: G.CROMER
Stamped in wood, right side, inner box, TR: G.CROMER
Stamped in wood, right side, tailboard top, TR: G.CROMER
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand), tailboard underside, L: 18
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand), inside lens barrel, L: 18
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on wood edge of mirror frame, TC: [illegible, chassis?] et glace sont [illegible, seulement?] ainsi que ferrure \ [illegible] refaite puis coupé de nouveau [illegible] de [illegible]
