Petzval portrait lens
Lens
Petzval portrait lens
1841
Brass and glass
Overall: 4 1/4 × 3 × 3 in. (10.8 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1993.0630.0001
DescriptionSerial #218 lens for use with 1/4 plate, for Voigtlander Daguerreotype "Cannon.";
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, on focusing ring: No 218 \ Voigtlȁnder & Sohn. \ in Wien.
Printed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied inside lens, across from focusing knob: COLLECTION \ G.CROMER \ 21 [number inscribed in ink, Cromer's hand]
Printed in black ink, scalloped-oval label applied inside lens, across from focusing knob: COLLECTION \ G.CROMER \ 21 [number inscribed in ink, Cromer's hand]
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