Folding plate camera

Folding plate camera

Camera

E. Français

Maker
French, 1881–1889

Léon Vidal

Maker
French, 1833–1906

Folding plate camera

Encas photographique


ca. 1885
Wood, metal, leather, and glass
Overall (open camera): 4 5/16 × 4 1/8 × 6 1/2 in. (11 × 10.5 × 16.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
Description6 x 7 cm. plate camera with shutter serial #10871, ground glass and four holders.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, on shutter mounted on lens, BL: No 10871 \ E. FRANÇAIS \ Breveté \ Paris

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