L'Escopette
Camera
E. V. Boissonnas
Swiss, 1862-1890
L'Escopette
January 3, 1890
Wood, metal, and glass
Overall: 8 1/16 × 3 15/16 × 9 1/16 in. (20.5 × 10 × 23 cm)
Image: 2 15/16 × 2 15/16 in. (7.5 × 7.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0037.0014
DescriptionSerial pistol grip camera made for original Kodak stripping film.
Inscriptions Etched in metal, on plate affixed to back of camera, BC: L'ESCOPETTE \ Alb. Darier Inv. \ Pat appl For. Brev. + No17 \ D.R.P. ang. Breveté S.G.D.G. \ BOISSONNAS Phote. \ GENÈVE N_49
Stamped in wood, inside back cover, BC: 80
Stamped in wood, inside back cover, BC: 80
