Daguerreotype In Leather Case 'Mixed Flower Variant'

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
circa 1857

80x90mm brown leather case stamped with 'Mixed Flower Variant' edged with gold leaf pattern. Lined with patterned red plush. Rectangular gilt mat with fluted edges. Pinchbeck frame. 55x60mm daguerreotype portrait of two little girls seated full face. Gold leaf on elder girl's braclet.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/DB50
type:
daguerreotype, cased image and hand coloured
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford