Daguerreotype In Red Morocco Case

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
photographer:
Unknown

85x110mm red Morocco leather case with two latches. Case rather battered with warped lid and peeling leather. Lined with plain red plush. Octagonal paper mat inside rectangular gilt mat with rounded corners. No frame, picture bound. 55x70mm daguerreotype half length portrait full face of elderly gentleman, wearing waistcoat. Tarnished around edges.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/DC19
type:
daguerreotype and cased image
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford