Dark slide plate holder for whole plate folding daguerreotype camera
- maker:
- Charles Louis Chevalier
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Science Museum Group
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Dark slide plate holder, wooden, for a whole plate folding daguerreotype camera, by Charles Chevalier.
Charles Chevalier (1804–59) was an optician and scientific instrument maker, who constructed early daguerreotype cameras. This dark slide plate holder comes from a portable folding camera designed by Chevalier in the 1840s.
Details
- Category:
- Photographic Technology
- Object Number:
- 1983-375/5
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 290 mm x 210 mm x 65 mm,
- type:
- dark slide
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
