Collection

Whole Plate Folding Daguerreotype Camera

PART OF:: Whole Plate Folding Daguerreotype Camera

Made:: circa 1840 in Paris

maker:: Charles Louis Chevalier

A whole plate folding daguerreotype camera, by Charles Chevalier. Introduced 1840.

Details

Category:: Photographic Technology

Object Number:: 1983-375/1

Materials:: wood (unidentified) and copper (alloy)

Measurements:: overall: 280 mm x 230 mm x 420 mm, 4.68 kg

type:: daguerreotype camera

credit:: The National Media Museum, Bradford

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