Daguerreotype In Black Lacquered Book-Type Case
- PART OF:
- The Kodak Museum Collection
- Made:
- circa 1845 in unknown place
85x100mm black Morocco leather book-type case. Front inlaid with mother-of-pearl and gold leaf in bouquet of flowers design. Gold leaf in scrolls around edges. Black lacquered with gold leaf scrolls. Lined with patterned red plush and gold leaf pattern around inside edge. Pinchbeck frame. 53x65mm daguerreotype three quarter length portrait in profile of young woman seated by table. Face and hands tinted pink.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/DB28
- Materials:
- shellac, wood composites, metal (unknown), textile (velvet), mother-of-pearl (nacre) and leather
- Measurements:
-
overall (daguerreotype): 65 mm x 53 mm
overall (case): 100 mm x 85 mm
- type:
- daguerreotype, cased image and hand coloured
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
