Cased Daguerreotype Portrait of Woman With Two Young Children
Cased daguerreotype of a woman with two young children. Pinchbeck frame, gilt with raised pattern. Ornate gilt matt with fluted edges. Picture bound. Daguerreotype three quarter length portrait of young woman seated with girl child on her knee and little boy at her side. Faces tinted. Gilt on woman's rings, earrings and brooch. Slight tarnishing of image along bottom edge.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/DC15
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified), leather, brass (copper, zinc alloy), glass, velvet and pinchbeck
- Measurements:
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overall (case): 80 mm x 110 mm
overall (image): 90 mm x 65 mm
- type:
- daguerreotype, cased image and hand-coloured
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
