Accession No

3994

Brief Description

tailboard camera, by Derogy, French, 1900 (c)

Origin

FRancel Paris; 33, Quai de l’Horloge

Maker

Derogy

Class

optical

Earliest Date

1900

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

wood; leather; metal; brass; glass; mother of pearl; white metal; cloth

Dimensions

length when closed 89mm; height 260mm; width 190mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Sotherby's, London, England; ‘An Important Collection of Cameras, Optical Toys, Magic Lanterns and Related Materials’, lot 85, 2/6/1993

Inscription

‘DEROGY
OPTICIEN CONSTRECTEUR
33, Quai de l’Horloge
PARIS’ (on a mother of pearl plaque above lens)
‘A. Caro
Lyon’ (on the lens, name questionable)

Description Notes

Half plate continental pattern tailboard camera. Black leather bellows with three main settings. Rack and pinion tilt adjustment for plate with locking mechanism. Brassbound lens with iris diaphragm and geared focal plane shutter mechanism in front of lens.

Condition good; complete

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