Daguerreotype portrait of an elderly woman

A daguerreotype of an elderly woman wearing a bonnet, set in a brass mount and wooden hanging frame, taken by Richard Beard (1801-1885) in about 1842.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/6053
Materials:
brass (copper, zinc alloy), copper (alloy), silver plated, wood (unidentified) and glass
Measurements:
overall (frame): 129 mm x 117 mm x 5 mm,
type:
daguerreotype
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford