Magnétographe

Magnétographe

Camera

Fauvel

French, ca. 1890s

Magnétographe

1899
Wood, metal, leather, and glass
Overall: 5 1/8 × 3 9/16 × 2 9/16 in. (13 × 9 × 6.5 cm)
Paper (Crromer's note): 2 15/16 × 3 3/4 in. (7.5 × 9.5 cm)
Paper (Cromer's note): 1 9/16 × 4 in. (3.9 × 10.1 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionMagazine plate camera, 4.5 x 6cm format, no shutter nor lens.
Inscriptions Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on large graph paper (see component) recto, C: Le "Magnétographe" de \ Fauvel \ (voir Fabre Supplément C \ page 158, et Bin. de la \ Sté. Fe. de Photographie \ 1899 page 183) \ L'objectif était parait-il monté \ dans une [illegible] à frottement \ avec obturateur à ressort Darlot
Inscribed in black ink (Cromer's hand) on small graph paper (see component) recto, C: Magnétographe Geofroy \ Voir Annuaire Photographique \ (Plon) \ 1899 page 168.

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