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Talbot in 1921. This camera belonged to William Henry Fox Talbot.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Sliding box daguerreotype camera by Lerebours, Paris, c. 1845","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"<b>Photography Centre, 2018-20:</b>\r\n\r\nNöel-Marie-Paymal Lerebours (1807–73) \r\nSliding box daguerreotype camera, Paris\r\nAbout 1845\r\nPanoramic view of Paris from the Pont Neuf\r\n1840\r\n\r\nThe camera and daguerreotype here were made by Lerebours, an optician, instrument maker, engraver and photographer. 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