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Calotype Camera

1838-1848

Chevalier Lens

Chevalier's Universal microscope

Simple Chevalier Doublet microscope by Charles Chevalier

1830

Botanic microscope by Charles Chevalier

1825-1850

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

1840-1850

Compound monocular microscope

1825-1850

Chevalier achromatic horizontal microscope

1801-1850

Unsigned French solar microscope in case

Microscope (Fraunhofer model) by Chas. Chevalier

Student microscope by Charles Chevalier

1834-1860

Part of solar microscope

1831-1870

Triplet Lens by Chevalier

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

Dark slide plate holder, wooden, for a whole plate folding daguerreotype camera, by Charles Chevalier.

Dark slide plate holder for whole plate folding daguerreotype camera

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

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

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

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

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

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

Whole Plate Folding Daguerreotype Camera

circa 1840

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