Whole-Plate Camera
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1850–60
Voigtländer, in Vienna and Braunschweig (assumed). This conical camera design is matched to the Voigtländer lens 3.4/27 cm no. 6533 (drive is movable, still without Waterhouse stop, lens clean under point light); when shooting at infinity and without focusing on the lens, the necessary extension on the box is only a few millimeters.
The camera body, lens and focusing screen holder are original, the screw ring and ground have been replaced/supplemented later, and there are thin wooden strips on the underside of the camera that are not original and can be removed.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- conical camera design
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- L x H x W = 47 x 30 x 30.5 cm
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
- 195467572
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.