Plate holder and regulator for Sabatier-Blot wet plate outfit

Plate holder and regulator for Sabatier-Blot wet plate outfit

Equipment

Plate holder and regulator for Sabatier-Blot wet plate outfit

1864
Wood, metal, fabric, and leather
Overall (holder): 7 7/8 × 4 15/16 × 2 3/8 in. (20 × 12.5 × 6 cm)
Overall (regulator): 2 3/16 × 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 in. (5.5 × 6.5 × 4 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionPlate holder and regulator for Sabatier-Blot's apparatus. Holder mounts on camera for exposure, then mounts on chemistry bath with regulator for development.
Inscriptions Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on side of regulator inner box, TR: Cn. G. Cromer \ ( Cr 61) [parentheses and Cr in pencil, added later)
[no inscriptions on regulator]
[no inscriptions on holder]

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