Thompson's Revolver camera

Thompson's Revolver camera

Camera

A. Briois

Maker
French, active ca. 1860s

Thompson's Revolver camera

Revolver Photographique


ca. 1862
Metal, wood, and glass
Overall: 5 1/2 × 3 3/8 × 6 5/16 in. (14 × 8.5 × 16 cm)
Image (four round images on 7.5cm round plate): 9 1/16 × 9 1/16 in. (23 × 23 cm)
Museum accession
1974.0037.0090
DescriptionWet plate detective camera.
Inscriptions Etched in metal, on camera front, LC: THOMPSON \ Invt.[Inventor]
Etched in metal, on camera front, RC: BREVETÉ \ S.G.D.G.
Etched in metal, on camera front, BC: A. BRIOIS \ 4 Rue de La Douane \ PARIS \ No. 20

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