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- OBJECT TYPE
- NON-FOCUSING
- DATE
- 1834–1859
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0364.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Chevalier, Charles
- MODEL
- VERRES COMBINES
- LOCATION
- Paris, France
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1-.3 BRASS HOUSINGS;.2 GLASS LENS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.3 cm
- Width
- 10.3 cm
- Height
- 9.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still camera parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Chevalier
- Country
- France
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Paris
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF LENS USED 1834-1870S.
- Canada
-
OJECT D'ART OR CURIOSITY BELONGING TO YOUSUF KARSH, AND KEPT IN HIS CHATEAU LAURIER STUDIO SUITE IN OTTAWA, ONT. UNTIL C. 1992. NEVER USED BY KARSH AS A PHOTOGRAPHIC LENS. - Function
-
BENDS LIGHT RAYS TO CREATE AN IMAGE WHICH IS IMPRINTED ON FILM IN CAMERA. - Technical
-
[INCOMPLETE] EXAMPLE OF "PHOTOGRAPHE A VERRES COMBINES" BY CHARLES CHEVALIER (1804-59). LENS CONSISTS OF 2 MAIN SECTIONS: 'PORTRAIT' LENS (MISSING GLASS LENS) AND 'PAYSAGES' LENS. CHEVALIER WASTHE SON AND GRANDSON OF PARIS OPTICIANS. HE MADE THE FIRST LENSES USED BY DAGUERRE IN HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERIMENTS; GIROUX'S WHOLE-PLATE CAMERA OF 1839 WAS EQUIPPED WITH A CHEVALIER LENS. (REF. 1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 "Photographe a Verres Combines,/ Invente par/ CHARLES CHEVALIER,/ Palais Royal 158. Paris" incised on casing front. "PORTRAITS" stamped on top edge (above treated collar, for attAchment to.2)..2 "PAYSAGES" & "CHARLES CHEVALIERS/ PRIX/ MEDAILLES D'OR/ EN 1834" incised on darkened collar..3 "00" incised in smaller of 2 holes in flat face of lens cover collar.
- Missing
- .1 MISSING LENS. .3 MISSING SLIDING COVER. OTHER COMPONENTS MAY BE MISSING.
- Finish
- .1-.3 BRIGHT LACQUERED BRASS CASING, SAVE SELECTED AREAS WHICH HAVE DULL BLACK FINISH.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Chevalier, Charles, Lens, between 1834–1859, Artifact no. 1999.0364, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0364.001/
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