A photographic portrait of a woman set into a brooch, taken by an unknown photographer in about 1850. A second portrait of a man, appears on the reverse of the brooch. The woman wears a lace collar, and a large brooch featuring a stag and deer. The brooch holding the two daguerreotype photographs may have been a gift from husband to wife.
A photographic portrait of a woman set into a brooch, taken by an unknown photographer in about 1850.
A second portrait of a man, appears on the reverse of the brooch. The woman wears a lace collar, and a large brooch featuring a stag and deer.
The brooch holding the two daguerreotype photographs may have been a gift from husband to wife.
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:
- 1990-5036/6052
- Materials:
- metal (unknown)
- type:
- brooch, photographic jewelry and daguerreotype
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
