Octagonal Dark Brown Union Case 'The Horse Race' by S Peck and Company

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
circa 1856 in Douglas

120x100mm dark brown union case by S Peck and Company (Peck and Halverson's patent 'The Horse Race'). Same picture front and back. Octagonal gilt mat oval cut by Scovill Manufacturing Company. Lined with red plush with formal design. Patterend pinchbeck frame. 87x67mm collodion positive by Wane and Rothwell, Douglas Isle of Man. Three quarter lenght portrait middle aged gentleman full face. Face and hands tinted. Gilt on tie pin and ring.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/UC06
type:
cased image, union case, collodion positive and hand coloured
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford