Rectangular Union Case 'Oval Motif' With Diapered Centre by A P Critchlow

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
Made:
circa 1860

85x95mm dark brown union case. Formal design. Oval motif with diapered centre. Slight crack along top front. Lined with emerald green plush with formal design. Plain gilt mat. No frame. 57x68mm daguerreotype portrait middle aged gentleman seated three quarter face. Face and hands tinted.(Rinhart, in his book, suggests Holmes, Booth and Hayden as casemaker).

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/UC17
type:
cased image, union case, daguerreotype and hand coloured
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford