Daguerreotype In Green Morocco Case

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
photographer:
Unknown
Daguerreotype In Green Morocco Case

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100x132mm green Morocco leather case with press-in catch. Lined with red taffeta. Inside edges surrounded by gold leaf pattern. Oval gilt mat, picture not bound. Paper frame stuck onto glass. 70x100mm daguerreotype full length portrait of young woman standing full length in green checked dress. Curtains with green flowers in background and plant pots on table. Gilt on girl's book, necklace and rings. Picture faded and badly tarnished.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/DC05
Measurements:
overall: 132 mm x 101 mm x 19 mm,
type:
daguerreotype, cased image and hand coloured
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford