Daguerreotype In Red Morocco Case

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
circa 1852
maker:
Henry Tilbury

60x75mm red Morocco leather case with single latch. Crimson plush lining with fuchsia flower motif. Rectangular gilt mat with rounded top. No frame. (Rebound 12 June 1936). 45x55mm daguerreotype half portrait of lady full face, sitting at a table. Vase of flowers on table. Picture completely tinted various colours. Miniature dated 1852. Also enclosed. Painting of same lady in miniature on ivory by Henry Tilbury.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/DA12
Materials:
ivory
type:
daguerreotype, cased image and hand coloured
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford