Artist/Maker C. C. Harrison

Daguerreotype camera

ca. 1850

Place madeNew York, United States, North America

Rosewood, brass, glass

Overall: 6 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 14 1/4 in. ( 15.6 x 14.9 x 36.2 cm )

Purchase

1954.229a

DescriptionRosewood 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.

Markingsengraved: on brass lens casing: "No 1877 / C. C. Harrison / New York"

ClassificationsSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY