Sliding box wet plate camera
Camera
Sliding box wet plate camera
1862
Wood, metal, and glass
Overall: 13 1/2 × 13 11/16 × 23 13/16 in. (34.3 × 34.8 × 60.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionFull plate camera with lens #1890 and ground glass, used by Disdéri.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, lens barrel, RC: No. 1890. \ ALEXIS MILLET \ Opticien Bté. S.G.D.G. \ 160, r. St. Martin, \ PARIS.
Printed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied to ground glass frame, interior, TR: COLLECTION \ G.CROMER \ 54 [number inscribed in black ink, Cromer's hand, centered on label]
Stamped in wood, ground glass frame top, RC: 2
Stamped in wood, camera rear top, R: 2
Printed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied to ground glass frame, interior, TR: COLLECTION \ G.CROMER \ 54 [number inscribed in black ink, Cromer's hand, centered on label]
Stamped in wood, ground glass frame top, RC: 2
Stamped in wood, camera rear top, R: 2
