Brady Studio sliding box camera

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Nelson Wright Manufacturer (attrib)
NATIONALITY: American
PLACE MANUFACTURED: US, NY, New York
PRODUCTION DATES: ca 1860
FILM TYPE: wet plate
IMAGE SIZE: 3¼ x 4¼
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  wet plate
  sliding box
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: Petzval type manufactured by CC Harrison

NOTES:
  This is a ¼ plate sliding box camera, with a wet plate holder
  manufactured by Nelson Wright of New York City, ca. 1860.
  The camera was found with an assortment of Brady glass plates in
  Auburn, NY, hence the Brady provenance.
  The sliding box style camera is typical of the early wet plate era.
  The CC Harrison lens of Petzval type indicates that the camera most
  likely would have been used for portraiture.
  .
  The following items in the GEH collection have been attributed to
  the various Brady studios:
  Nelson Wright ¼ plate camera 74:0028:3261
  J. Stock stereo camera 74:0028:3542
  tripod 86:0084:0001
  posing stand
  stereo viewer

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: N42405.00001