Collection Highlights
Declaration of Independence
Date:
1820-1823
Object Number:
PR.221.44
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Daguerreotype camera
Object Number:
1954.229a
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 )
Marks:
engraved: on brass lens casing: "No 1877 / C. C. Harrison / New York"
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
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
