Collection Highlights
WILD STYLE: TRACY 168
1992
2003.38.6
Black marker and felt tip pen on heavy paper with glue residue from a bound border at left
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Daguerreotype camera
Object name
Daguerreotype camera
Date
ca. 1850
Medium
Rosewood, brass, glass
Dimensions
Overall: 6 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 15.6 x 14.9 x 36.2 cm )
Description
Rosewood box camera with chamfered corners and adjustable lens with brass casing and brass cap; two hinged doors on top open to reveal two rectangular compartments, each fitted with removable wooden frame; empty frame in forward compartment probably served as plateholder; frame in rear compartment holds ground glass onto which concentric outlines corresponding to various standard daguerreotype shapes and sizes have been traced in pencil.
Credit Line
Purchase
Object Number
1954.229a
Marks
engraved: on brass lens casing: "No 1877 / C. C. Harrison / New York"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
