Photographic camera for Daguerreotypes

Institution

Ajuntament de Girona

Object description:

Photographic box camera for Daguerreotypes. López y Gamara.Format: 9 x 12 cm. Lens: Darlot Paris nº 24 935. Adjustable lens with a zip system. It includes a glass plate (7. 5 x 14'5 x 3'2). This was the first model of photographic camera. It was used for the Daguerreotype and contemporary techniques. It has two boxes, one inside the other. The movement of the boxes made it possible to focus the image. It was used from the mid nineteenth century.

Object/Work type:

cameras

Location:

Gerona - Spain

Object measurements:

19,6 x 15,8 x 29 cm

Production

Lopez y Gamara (brand)

Place: Spain

Subject/theme:

cameras, photography

Resource

Rights Type: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ 

Date Taken: 1996

Record

Rights Type: CC0

Source: Ajuntament de Girona

Identifier: MC-MP02134