Wet plate mono-rail view camera

Wet plate mono-rail view camera

Camera

lens made by Charles Chevalier

Maker
French, 1804–1859

Wet plate mono-rail view camera

ca. 1860
Wood, metal, leather, cloth, and glass
Overall (camera with rail): 8 1/4 × 9 13/16 × 20 1/16 in. (21 × 25 × 51 cm)
Overall (tripod): 13 × 6 5/16 × 6 5/16 in. (33 × 16 × 16 cm)
Overall (each holder): 7 7/8 × 9 1/4 × 1 3/16 in. (20 × 23.5 × 3 cm)
Overall (ground glass frame): 7 1/2 × 9 1/8 × 1 in. (19 × 23.2 × 2.6 cm)
Paper (Cromer's note on plain paper): 1 9/16 × 3 3/16 in. (3.9 × 8.1 cm)
Paper (Cromer's note on graph paper): 4 3/8 × 4 1/8 in. (11.1 × 10.4 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1978.1371.0055
DescriptionWet plate camera with Chevalier lens, ground glass frame (without glass), two holders and tripod.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, on lens barrel, B: Photographe \ à Verres Combinés \ Inventé par \ CHARLES CHEVALIER, \ Palais Royal, 158 \ Paris. \ PAYSAGES
Stamped in metal, front diaphragm, T / B: PORTRAITS \ ET / PAYSAGES
Stamped in metal, on lens barrel, C: [oval line border] CHARLES CHEVALIER \ DEUX \ MEDAILLES D'OR \ EN 1834
Stamped in wood, camera rear stand, TC: 12
Stamped in wood, holder back door and back frame, TC: 2
Stamped in wood, camera lens stand and lens board, TC: 2
Stamped in wood, holder rear frame and rear door, TC: 1

Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on small paper (see component), recto: Lent. ar.[Lentille arrière] \ 2 Mai 1854
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on graph paper (see component), recto, C: Chambre à soufflet \ pour opérer dans \ les 2 sens \ sans base devient invalide \ (voir catalogue Ch. Chevalier \ 1859, page 19) \ Sur la lentilles arrières, \ 2 Mai 1854 \ La base étroite et \ amovible est avec le \ pied à rotule \ (même catalogue p.14)
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on graph paper (see component), recto, L: réserve, Chevalier dit ne faire que du \ châssis à porte.
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on graph paper (see component), recto, R: cependant, p.19, il dit vendre \ trois appareils.
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on graph paper (see component), verso, C: avec 2 châssis \ le châssis dépoli a été refait \ avec sa base à rotule \ le pied est avec la \ collection de pied.

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