Camera, daguerreotype

Description

Daguerreotype camera, brass cylindrical body on a pillar stand, with two end caps and one single brass dark slide, attributed to Thomas Davidson of Edinburgh, 1840

Museum reference

T.1925.16

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Camera, daguerreotype, Slide

Production information

Davidson, Thomas, 1798 - 1878, Maker
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1840

Materials

Brass, Glass

Physical description

Brass body / brass slide

Exhibitions

• Enquire (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Photography: A Victorian Sensation (19 Jun 2015 - 22 Nov 2015)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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