camera or projection lens
Date: 1865-1875
Inventory Number: 1988-0028
Classification: Photographic Lens
Subject:
Maker: Alphonse Darlot (1828 - 1895)
Seller: Benjamin French and Company (1844 - 1890)
Place of Origin:
City of Use:
Dimensions:
13.8 × 13.6 × 13 cm (5 7/16 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
Description:
Camera or projection lens with rack and pinion focuser. Mounted in a brass housing and attached to a square of wood. The latter would have slid into the front of a magic lantern or camera.
Signedon barrel: Darlot / Paris
on barrel: B. F. & Co.
on barrel: B. F. & Co.
Curatorial RemarksInv. no. changed from 1988-28, 5/26/99 by S. van Gerbig.