Daguerreotype In Dark Blue Morocco Case

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
photographer:
Unknown

105x130mm blue Morocco leather case with shell and scroll desing on front. Two latches. Plain red plush lining. Gold leaf around edges. Oval gilt mat, no frame. 70x95mm daguerreotype three quarter length portrait of young woman dressed in black. Young baby in christening dress on her knees. Slight tinting, gilt on baby's gown.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/DC04
type:
daguerreotype, cased image and hand coloured
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford