Chevalier sliding box camera (¼ plate)

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Charles Chevalier
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1850s
FILM TYPE: dag plate
IMAGE SIZE: 1/4 plate
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: daguerreotype
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: Photographe à Verres Combinés

NOTES:
  Single sliding box camera with folding bed, body made of walnut
  stained mahogany with dovetail corners. Lens has rack and pinion
  focus mechanism, with 3 screw-in washer stops and pivoting cap
  shutter. Groung glass and back produce verticle image only.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: C5272.00002