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Whole Plate Folding Daguerreotype Camera

Whole Plate Folding Daguerreotype Camera

circa 1840

Dark slide plate holder for whole plate folding daguerreotype camera

Dark slide plate holder for whole plate folding daguerreotype camera

1840-1850

Camera lens

Camera lens

circa 1840

Camera lens component

Camera lens component

circa 1840

Camera lens

Camera lens

circa 1840

Calotype Camera

Calotype Camera

1838-1848

Chevalier's Universal microscope

Chevalier's Universal microscope

Microscope (Fraunhofer model) by Chas. Chevalier

Microscope (Fraunhofer model) by Chas. Chevalier

Student microscope by Charles Chevalier

Student microscope by Charles Chevalier

1834-1860

Compound monocular microscope

Compound monocular microscope

1825-1850

Simple Chevalier Doublet microscope by Charles Chevalier

Simple Chevalier Doublet microscope by Charles Chevalier

1830

Chevalier achromatic horizontal microscope

Chevalier achromatic horizontal microscope

1801-1850

Unsigned French solar microscope in case

Unsigned French solar microscope in case

Microscope stand by A. Ross in case with body tube by Andrew Ross and Charles Chevalier

Microscope stand by A. Ross in case with body tube by Andrew Ross and Charles Chevalier

1840-1850

Part of solar microscope

Part of solar microscope

1831-1870

Triplet Lens by Chevalier

Triplet Lens by Chevalier

Botanic microscope by Charles Chevalier

Botanic microscope by Charles Chevalier

1825-1850

Chevalier Lens

Chevalier Lens

Early microscope by Charles Chevalier

Early microscope by Charles Chevalier

Compound microscope body by Charles Chevalier

Compound microscope body by Charles Chevalier

1834

Microscope stand with photographic attachment by Charles Chevalier

Microscope stand with photographic attachment by Charles Chevalier

1834

Wooden box from Charles Chevalier microscope

Wooden box from Charles Chevalier microscope

1834

Wooden box from Charles Chevalier microscope

Wooden box from Charles Chevalier microscope

1834

Early microscope by Charles Chevalier, with two eyepieces (one with cap), camera Lucida, triple o.g. screwing together

Early microscope by Charles Chevalier

A whole plate folding daguerreotype camera, by Charles Chevalier, with convertable lens system, part inscribed "Photographe a Verres combines invente par Charles Chevalier Ingenieur Optician Breuete Palais Royal 163 Paris" in fitted wood case; focussing screen, dark slide plate holder and iodine box with ground glass cover. Introduced 1840.

Whole Plate Folding Daguerreotype Camera

circa 1840

Early daguerreotype (18" x 8 1/2"), panorama of Paris, sent to Fox Talbot from France, c. 1842. A panoramic daguerreotype of Paris and the River Seine, taken by the French photographer Charles Chevalier (1804-1859) in 1844. This photograph was taken with one of the last cameras designed by Chevalier for topographical photography.

Panoramic View of Paris

1844

Convertable lens system, part inscribed "Photographe a Verres conbines invente Charles Chevalier Ingenieur Optician Breuete Palais Royal 163 Paris" in fitted wood case, for a whole plate folding daguerreotype camera, by Charles Chevalier.

Convertable Lens System for Whole Plate Folding Daguerreotype Camera

c.1840

Horizontal microscope by Charles Chevalier, Palais Royal, 163, Paris, 1825-1850, owned by Alexandre Brongniart, with two wooden accessory trays, both loose

Horizontal microscope by Charles Chevalier

1825-1850

Microscope stand with pyramidal shaped wooden photographic attachment , no dark slide, by Charles Chevalier, date after 1834, separate compound body with double o.g.

Charles Chevalier microscope stand and compound microscope

1834

Early daguerreotype (19 x 14½-inches) of Pantheon, Paris, sent to Fox Talbot from France, by Charles Chevalier, Palais-Royal, no. 163, France, 1840-1844. In passe-partout, window frame (see note).

Early daguerreotype of Pantheon, Paris

1840-1844

Iodine box, wooden, with ground glass sliding cover, for a whole plate folding daguerreotype camera, by Charles Chevalier.

Iodine box for whole plate folding daguerreotype camera

Wooden plate holder with metal hinges, for two different sizes of plates, for a whole plate folding daguerreotype camera, by Charles Chevalier.

Plate holder for whole plate folding daguerreotype camera

Metal camera component, block-shaped which is curved on one edge with two holes on either end, with another hole towards the top at the cente of the 'block', part of convertable lens system by Charles Chevalier.

Camera component

Camera lens component, circular disc shape with hole through the centre, part of convertable lens system by Charles Chevalier.

Camera lens component

Fitted case for convertable lens system by Charles Chevalier.

Fitted case for convertable lens system

Metal bolt with a square nut, part of convertable lens system by Charles Chevalier.

Camera component

Screwdriver with wooden handle, part of convertable lens system by Charles Chevalier.

Screwdriver

Camera lens component, circular disc shape with hole through the centre, part of convertable lens system by Charles Chevalier.

Camera lens component

Camera lens component, circular disc shape with hole through the centre, part of convertable lens system by Charles Chevalier.

Camera lens component

Metal knob with threaded end, part of convertable lens system by Charles Chevalier.

Camera component