Mercury fuming box, quarter plate
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Mercury fuming box, quarter plate
1842
Wood, metal, and glass
Overall: 10 7/16 × 5 7/8 × 5 1/2 in. (26.5 × 15 × 14 cm)
Paper (Cromer's note): 3 9/16 × 4 7/16 in. (9 × 11.2 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionDaguerreotype fuming box with thermometer and red glass window, for quarter plate format, without plate holder.
Inscriptions Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on inside back edge of box, C: 20
Stamped in wood, front of box, TR: G.CROMER
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on graph paper (see component), recto, C: Boite à Mercure \ Buron [underlined] 1842 \ voir sa "Description du \ nouveau daguerreotype" \ 1842 [no inscriptions on verso]
Stamped in wood, front of box, TR: G.CROMER
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on graph paper (see component), recto, C: Boite à Mercure \ Buron [underlined] 1842 \ voir sa "Description du \ nouveau daguerreotype" \ 1842 [no inscriptions on verso]
