Enhancing the Illusion

The Process and Origins
of Photography

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282 Selected Objects

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Camera Obsura

MANUFACTURER: Unidentified Maker (French)
NATIONALITY: French
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1800
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: obscura


99991.00006
Mouse Trap camera (replica)

MANUFACTURER: Kodak Ltd.
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England, Wiltshire
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1835
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: box


K763.00002
Mouse Trap camera (replica)

MANUFACTURER: Kodak Ltd.
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England, Wiltshire
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1835
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: box


K763.00005
Mouse Trap camera (replica)

MANUFACTURER: Kodak Ltd.
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England, Wiltshire
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1835
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: box


K763.00006
Fox Talbot Camera Obscura (replica)

MANUFACTURER: Kodak Ltd.
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1835
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: obscura


K763.00008
Talbot Box camera (replica)

MANUFACTURER: Kodak Ltd.
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England, Wiltshire
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1839
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: box


K763.00003
Grand Photographe camera

MANUFACTURER: Charles Chevalier
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1840
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: daguerreotype


C5272.00001
French full plate sliding box camera

MANUFACTURER: Unidentified Maker
NATIONALITY: French
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1840s
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: daguerreotype


9999.00009
Novel Appareil Gaudin

MANUFACTURER: N.P. Lerebours (Firm)
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1841
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: 100 francs
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: daguerreotype


L6140.00001
Voigtländer daguerreotype camera (replica)

MANUFACTURER: Voigtländer & Sohn
NATIONALITY: German
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Germany, Braunschweig
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1841
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: daguerreotype


V891.00002
Richebourg daguerreotype outfit (¼ plate)

MANUFACTURER: Richebourg, A.
NATIONALITY: French
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1842
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: daguerreotype


R527.00001
Plumbe daguerreotype camera

MANUFACTURER: Plumbe, John, Jr.
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, MA, Boston
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1845
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: daguerreotype


P733.00001
American-Style daguerreotype camera

MANUFACTURER: Unidentified Maker
NATIONALITY: American
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1848
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: daguerreotype


9999.00007
Lewis daguerreotype camera

MANUFACTURER: W. & W.H. Lewis
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, New York
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1851
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: daguerreotype


L677.00001
¼ plate French sliding box camera

MANUFACTURER: Unidentified Maker
NATIONALITY: French
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1855
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: daguerreotype


9999.00012
Pistolgraph

MANUFACTURER: Skaife, Thomas
NATIONALITY: English
PLACE MANUFACTURED: England. London
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1859
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: 10 guineas
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: wet plate


S6264.00001
Chambre Automatique de Bertsch

MANUFACTURER: Adolphe Bertsch (Firm)
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1860
ORIGINAL LIST PRICE: £8/10
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: wet plate


B5154.00001
Wet plate mono-rail view camera

MANUFACTURER: Chevalier, Charles (firm) (attrib.)
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1860
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: wet plate


C5272.00005
Dagron Microphotographic camera

MANUFACTURER: Dagron, Prudent René Patrice
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1860
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: stanhope


D127.00001
Wet Plate Stereo camera

MANUFACTURER: R.S. Antoine
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France
OBJECT TYPE: Camera
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca. 1860
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: wet plate

R290.00001


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