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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
Calotype Camera

Calotype Camera

1838-1848
Microscope (Fraunhofer model) by Chas. Chevalier

Microscope (Fraunhofer model) by Chas. Chevalier

Chevalier's Universal microscope

Chevalier's Universal microscope

Student microscope by Charles Chevalier

Student microscope by Charles Chevalier

1834-1860
Compound monocular microscope

Compound monocular microscope

1825-1850
Chevalier achromatic horizontal microscope

Chevalier achromatic horizontal microscope

1801-1850
Unsigned French solar microscope in case

Unsigned French solar microscope in case

Simple Chevalier Doublet microscope by Charles Chevalier

Simple Chevalier Doublet microscope by Charles Chevalier

1830
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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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