Chevalier Appareil Universal No 1

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Charles Chevalier
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1856
FILM TYPE: dag plate
IMAGE SIZE: 1/2 plate
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: daguerreotype
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: Chevalier Photographe à Verres Combinés à Foyer Variable
INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  Folding tailboard style sliding box camera. Body of walnut stained
  mahogany with dovetail corners. Ground glass and holder for verticle
  image only. Lens and correcting prism both have pivoting cap shutter.

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: C5272.00003