Dubroni, Paris Le Photographe de poche No.1
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c.1867
The ingenious design incorporates the complete photographic process within the camera body, allowing sensitizing, exposure, development and fixing of the plate without the need for a separate darkroom Complete outfit in original fitted wooden case marked ‘PHOTOGRAPHIE DE POCHE – PREVETE S.G.D.G – APPAREIL DUBRONI – 9 RUE AUBER 9’ fitted with small brass Darlot Petzval portrait lens and housed in finely finished wooden body with internal chemical reservoir. including two original pipettes, seven numbered chemical bottles with original labels, glass-plate box containing five plates, and funnel one of the earliest examples of a self-contained portable photographic system.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- wooden body
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- circular images of approx. 4 cm diameter
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 203867316
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.