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
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
