A daguerreotype portrait camera with large compound lens, 1857-1860. Camera bears ivory plaque inscribed 'G Knight & Co. Philosophical instrument makers, 2 Foster Lane, London.' Lens inscribed 'No 8764 Voigtlander and Son, Wien and Braunschweig'. Daguerreotype portrait camera 1857-1860
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
A whole plate folding daguerreotype camera, by Charles Chevalier. Introduced 1840. Whole Plate Folding Daguerreotype Camera circa 1840
Daguerreotype camera with plate holder made by Alphonse Giroux, 1839. Daguerreotype camera with plate holder made by Alphonse Giroux 1839