Daguerreotype In Black Morocco Case

82x92mm black Morocco leather case with embossed flowers back and front. 'Press-in' clasp. Lined with red taffeta. Oval gilt mat, bound but no frame. 60x70mm daguerreotype three quarter length portrait of young lady, seated, full face. Tinted with gilt brooch. (Badly tarnished all over, but cleaned 1973).

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/DB25
type:
daguerreotype, cased image and hand coloured
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford