Gem Camera
Camera

J. Audouin

Maker
French, 1860s

Gem Camera

ca. 1895
Wood, metal, fabric, and glass
Overall: 9 1/16 × 7 1/16 × 7 1/2 in. (23 × 18 × 19 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1974.0037.2494
DescriptionTintype camera with lenses, bellows and ground glass, for twelve images on 1/4 plate.
Inscriptions Engraved in plate affixed to top of back standard, C: J. AUDOUIN \ A PARIS
Stamped in wood, top of back standard, L: 7
Engraved in metal, plate affixed to back standard: TC: RÉPARÉ ET PERFECTIONNÉ \ PAR G.CROMER EN 1920

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