Multiplying camera

Multiplying camera

Camera

G. Brindelet

Maker
French, ca. 1900

Multiplying camera

ca. 1900
Wood, metal, glass, and fabric
Overall: 4 1/8 × 7 5/16 × 1 9/16 in. (10.5 × 18.5 × 4 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionMultiple format bellows camera for 3 x 6cm or 6 x 6cm images on 6 x 6cm or 6 x 13cm plates with undrilled lens board.
Inscriptions Stamped in ink, front of camera, TC: BRINDELET \ CONSTr \ PARIS
Stamped in wood, top of camera, RC: BREVETÉ \ G.B. \ S.G.D.G.
Stamped in wood, both edges of holder, T: [scale with numerals]
Stamped in wood, ground glass frame, TC: 59
Inscribed in pencil, ground glass frame, TC: 68
Inscribed in pencil, door of spare holder, TC: 68
Inscribed in pencil, interior of lens board, C: 68

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