Sliding box wet plate camera
Camera
Unidentified
Maker
Sliding box wet plate camera
ca. 1856
Wood, metal and glass
Overall (camera, without lens): 10 5/8 × 10 1/16 × 15 3/8 in. (27 × 25.5 × 39 cm)
Overall (holder): 9 5/8 × 9 1/4 × 1 5/16 in. (24.5 × 23.5 × 3.3 cm)
Paper (Cromer's note): 2 1/2 × 4 in. (6.4 × 10.1 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0028.3224
DescriptionHalf plate camera with ground glass and film holder. Darlot lens #33052 (1988.0709.0001) mounted on lens board.
Inscriptions Inscribed in ink, on holder hinged door and dark slide, TC: I I
[no inscriptions on camera]
Engraved in metal, lens barrel, CR: Darlot Opticien \ à Paris \ AD [monogram] \ 33052
Engraved in metal, lens barrel, CL: B.F. & Co.
Scratched in metal, diaphragm in lens, TC: 22 \ 10
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on graph paper (see component), recto, C: Objectif Darlot, Paris \ (probablement \ avant reprise du \ [illegible] Gaumin) \ (Darlot, quai de l'Horloge 25 \ 1856 [no inscriptions on verso]
[no inscriptions on camera]
Engraved in metal, lens barrel, CR: Darlot Opticien \ à Paris \ AD [monogram] \ 33052
Engraved in metal, lens barrel, CL: B.F. & Co.
Scratched in metal, diaphragm in lens, TC: 22 \ 10
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on graph paper (see component), recto, C: Objectif Darlot, Paris \ (probablement \ avant reprise du \ [illegible] Gaumin) \ (Darlot, quai de l'Horloge 25 \ 1856 [no inscriptions on verso]
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