Locket with Daguerreotype Portrait of Man and Lock of Hair

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1855-01-05

A hand-coloured daguerreotype portrait of a man, taken by an unknown photographer in about 1850 and encased in a gold locket. The exterior of the gold locket includes an intricate engraving of flowers and leaves, and the dedication 'FCB to EMB, Jan'y 5th 1855'. The locket also contains a lock of hair, presumably belonging to FCB, encased within the inside of locket cover. The head and shoulders portrait of a formally dressed man is hand tinted, the background a light blue.

A hand-coloured photographic portrait of a man, taken by an unknown photographer in about 1850 and encased in a gold locket.

The exterior of the gold locket includes an intricate engraving of flowers and leaves, and the dedication 'FCB to EMB, Jan'y 5th 1855'. The locket also contains a lock of hair, presumably belonging to FCB, encased within the inside of locket cover.

Photographic jewellery became popular in the early days of photography as a decorative and personal way to display pictures of loved ones.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/6051
Materials:
gold (metal), human hair, brass (copper, zinc alloy) and silver plated
Measurements:
overall open: 55 mm x 50 mm x 20 mm, .21 kg
type:
locket, dagurreotype and hand tinted
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford