Rare Antique C. C. Harrison Brass Lens 1800 ' S Collectible York USA 597
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:346042 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Brand: C.C. Harrison | Lens Barrel Material: Brass |
Up for sale is a Very rare antique C.C. Harrison Brass LensMade in the 1800's.It is a very early production numbered #597.
Length - 152mm - 178mmlens diameter- 56mm inner and 58mm outerWeight- 4 lbs
Please see photos for condition. Silky smooth movements.Small scratches, Tarnished Patina, No hazing or mold. Very nice!The brass has a beautiful patina but it can easily be polished to shine Same day fast free shipping.Last one left!
This is truly an exce...ptional and collectible piece that changed the history of photography.
Countless faces: portraits of men, women, and children; endless landscapes; Manifest Destiny and the westward expansion of the nation; the American Civil War; the advent of the automobile . . . What marvelous, strange and wonderful, or even tragic moments has this lens witnessed and documented?
"C. C. Harrison, so widely known as a manufacturer of camera lenses and tubes, for heliographic use, was, in 1846, a daguerreotype manipulator. He prosecuted this business for several years, making, the while, lenses both for his own use and for sale. The value of his lenses eventually became so extensively known, and the demand for them so great, that he was constrained to give his undivided attention to this manufacture, in which he has, at present, constantly employed over thirty workmen. Up to May 15th, 1863, he had constructed eight thousand eight hundred and seventeen of the lenses in general use, and three hundred and seven of his new globe lenses, so highly prized for landscape-photography copying, &c." -The Camera and the Pencil By Marcus Aurelius Root (US) 1864
"In 1851 Harrison's Petzval lens gained international recognition after receiving medals at the annual fair held by the American Institute of the City of New York City and at the Great Exposition (World's Fair) in London. Harrison's lenses were considered excellent performers, and they challenged Voigtländer's reputation for the finest portrait lenses throughout the 1850s and early 1860s." "The Petzval Lens, " Dan Colucci, The Journal; New England Journal of Photographic History, Issue 171, Dec. 2013.
Length - 152mm - 178mmlens diameter- 56mm inner and 58mm outerWeight- 4 lbs
Please see photos for condition. Silky smooth movements.Small scratches, Tarnished Patina, No hazing or mold. Very nice!The brass has a beautiful patina but it can easily be polished to shine Same day fast free shipping.Last one left!
This is truly an exce...ptional and collectible piece that changed the history of photography.
Countless faces: portraits of men, women, and children; endless landscapes; Manifest Destiny and the westward expansion of the nation; the American Civil War; the advent of the automobile . . . What marvelous, strange and wonderful, or even tragic moments has this lens witnessed and documented?
"C. C. Harrison, so widely known as a manufacturer of camera lenses and tubes, for heliographic use, was, in 1846, a daguerreotype manipulator. He prosecuted this business for several years, making, the while, lenses both for his own use and for sale. The value of his lenses eventually became so extensively known, and the demand for them so great, that he was constrained to give his undivided attention to this manufacture, in which he has, at present, constantly employed over thirty workmen. Up to May 15th, 1863, he had constructed eight thousand eight hundred and seventeen of the lenses in general use, and three hundred and seven of his new globe lenses, so highly prized for landscape-photography copying, &c." -The Camera and the Pencil By Marcus Aurelius Root (US) 1864
"In 1851 Harrison's Petzval lens gained international recognition after receiving medals at the annual fair held by the American Institute of the City of New York City and at the Great Exposition (World's Fair) in London. Harrison's lenses were considered excellent performers, and they challenged Voigtländer's reputation for the finest portrait lenses throughout the 1850s and early 1860s." "The Petzval Lens, " Dan Colucci, The Journal; New England Journal of Photographic History, Issue 171, Dec. 2013.
