Portrait lens
Lens

Charles C. Harrison

Maker
American, ca. 1850s–1864

Portrait lens

ca. 1855
Metal and glass
Overall: 16 15/16 × 10 15/16 × 10 15/16 in. (43 × 27.8 × 27.8 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
DescriptionSerial #1500 Petzval-type portrait lens, with front-mounted pivoting diaphragms.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal, lens barrel, C: No 1500 \ C.C. Harrison \ New York

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