Daguerreotype In Broken Red Morocco Leather Box
- PART OF:
- The Kodak Museum Collection
- photographer:
- Unknown
175x230mm red Morocco leather case (only bottom remains) embossed with leaf and scroll design. Gold leaf pattern around edges. Once lined with plain red plush. Ornate oval gilt mat and patterned pinchbeck frame. 130x190mm daguerreotype three quarter length portrait of young mother and child seated with father. Lady wearing large cameo brooch.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/DD03
- Measurements:
-
overall (daguerreotype): 130 mm x 190 mm
overall (case): 175 mm x 230 mm
- type:
- daguerreotype and cased image
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
