Daguerreotype In Red Morocco Case

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
1845-10
maker:
Unknown

60x70mm red Morocco case with lift up lid and single latch. Red plain plush lining. Oval gilt mat. Unbound and no frame. 45x55mm daguerreotype three quarter portrait of young woman sitting, three quarter view. Gilt brooch. Slightly tarnished around edges. 'Gregory Oct 1845' engraved on back of plate.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/DA11
type:
daguerreotype, cased image and hand coloured
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford