Daguerreobase

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• Portrait of a gentleman sitting in a chair. (Last edit Dec 17, 2009)
• By M. Millet
• Dated between 1840-1855
• Previously altered
• © FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
• European style  
• Painted cover glass   Composite mat  
• 150h x 129w x 75t mm
• Odd-sized plate  
• Editor: adeckers

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• Catalog #
• FMA-P-1966-087
• Owner
• FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
• Creator
• M. Millet
• Number of plates
• 1
• Stereo plates
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• Title
• Description
• Portrait of a gentleman sitting in a chair.
• Name
• unidentified
• Type of name
• person
• Source of name
• Date
• 1840 - 1855
• Date source
• information supplied by owner
• Remarks
• Tags (comma-separated)

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• Frame

• Frame size
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  inch:
  
• Frame Window Size
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  inch:
  
• Frame Rebate Size
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  inch:
  
• Frame Shape
• Frame Material
• other
• Frame Color
• Frame Decoration
• Frame backing present
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• • Material
  • Assembly
• Frame mounting system present
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• • Type
  • Attach to
  • Ribbon color
  • Ribbon material
  • Eye Shape
  • Eye Material
• Remarks

• Inner housing

• Size housing
• mm: 129 w 150 h 75 t
  inch: 5.08 w 5.91 h 2.95 t
  
• Binding present
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• • Material
  • paper
  • Binding also functions as material
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  • Color
  • black
  • Texture
  • waffled embossing
  • Assembly
• Cover glass present
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• • Size
  • mm:
    inch:
    
  • Painted
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  • Color
  • black
  • Border color
  • black
  • Border shape
  • oval
  • Strass
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• Mat present
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• • Components
  • multiple
  • • Material
    • Color
    • Decoration design
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    • Decoration texture
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    • • Type
    • Window shape
    • Window edge type
    • Painted
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    • Window edge color
  • • Top mat color
    • white
    • Decoration design
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    • Decoration texture
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    • • Type
    • Window shape
    • oval
    • Window edge
    • rounded
    • • Type
      • rounded
    • Painted
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    • Window edge color
    • white
    • Spacing
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    • • Type
      • flat
      • Painted
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      • Color
      • white
      • Texture
• Backing present
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• • Recessed
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  • Access panel present
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  • • Lock
    • pins
  • Hanging system present
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  • • Ribbon color
    • Ribbon material
    • metal
    • Eye Shape
    • circle
    • Eye Material
    • metal
  • Finishing paper present
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  • • Color
    • light brown
    • Design
    • light brown
    • Texture
• Remarks
• The backing paper is brown, but the housing was opened before and underneath the brown paper there is blue paper visible.The cover glass is made by Millet, Rue Montesquieu, 6.

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• Number
• 1/1
• Shape
• Size
• other
• • quarter-/half-plate 130 x 100 mm / 5,1 x 3,4 inches
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    inch:
    
• Material
• copper, silver-plated
• Back plate
• silvered copper
• Surface
• No applied coloring
  
• • Type
• Polishing lines
• horizontal

• bent		bent
  bent		bent

• Plate perforation
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• • Number
  • 2
  • Location
  • bottom left
    top left
    
• Plate securing present
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• • Only retained by housing
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  • Adhesive
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  • • Fixed to
    • Place
  • Paper or tape
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  • • Fixed to
    • mat or spacing paper
    • Paper or tape
    • piece of paper
    • Shape
    • rectangle
    • Edges
    • straight
    • Color
    • blue
• Remarks
• The housing has been opened before: the original plate securing was torn and the plate was again secured with another tape (brown gummed tape). Underneath pieces of the previous plate securing (blue paper) are visible.

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• Manufacturer present
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• • Location
  • Manufacturer
  • Dr. Schneider
  • Partly visible
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• Silver content present
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• • Combined hallmark
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  • Location
  • Silver content number
  • Additional details

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• Remarks

• Before Conservation
• Recto
  
  
• Verso
  
  
• During Conservation
• Recto
  
  
• Verso
  
  
• Opened
  
  
• After Conservation
• Recto
  
  
• Verso
  
  
• Plate
• Before cleaning
  
  
• After cleaning
  
  
• Hallmark
• Hallmark
  
  
• Silver content
  
  
• Graphic representation
  
  
• Annotations
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• Plate securing
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• Additional
• Photo 01
  
  
  
• Photo 02
  
  
  
• Photo 03
  
  
  
• Photo 04
  
  
  

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• Previous altering
• Yes
• Date altering
• Frame
• Housing (frame)
• unchanged
• Case
• Housing (case)
• Signs
• Plate
• Treated
• • Type
  • thiourea
  • Signs
  • housing was opened, newer finishing paper
• Previous conservator
• Nederlands Fotomuseum
• Source
• information supplied by owner
• Remarks
• The plates were bought from a collector and all the plates that came from him have the same typical housing.

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