Daguerreotype lens

Made:
1840 in Paris
maker:
Alphonse Giroux

Original Daguerreotype lens inscribed 'Le Daguerreotype Chez Alphe Giroux et Compe a Paris', with reversing mirror and fitted box, No. 168496, B216; c. 1840.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1981-216
type:
lens
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust

Parts

Original Daguerreotype lens inscribed 'Le Daguerreotype Chez Alphe Giroux et Compe a Paris', c. 1840.

Daguerreotype lens

Original Daguerreotype lens inscribed 'Le Daguerreotype Chez Alphe Giroux et Compe a Paris', c. 1840.

Measurements:
overall: 110 mm 130 mm,
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass
Object Number:
1981-216 Pt1
type:
lens
Reversing mirror and fitted box, No. 168496, B216 for original Daguerreotype lens inscribed 'Le Daguerreotype Chez Alphe Giroux et Compe a Paris', c. 1840.

Reversing mirror and fitted box

Reversing mirror and fitted box, No. 168496, B216 for original Daguerreotype lens inscribed 'Le Daguerreotype Chez Alphe Giroux et Compe a Paris', c. 1840.

Measurements:
overall: 170 mm x 190 mm x 195 mm, 1.29kg
Materials:
glass , brass (copper, zinc alloy) and mahogany (wood)
Object Number:
1981-216 Pt2
type:
case and mirror

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