Cased Daguerreotype Portrait of Woman With Two Young Children

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1845-1855
maker:
Unknown

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:
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