Daguerreotype: PH334-1961 1856

Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom
Language: English
Type: Anglo-American
Deeplink: http://www.daguerreobase.org/en/type/f2f25311-4107-84b9-c334-35e6dffade32

Identification

PH334-1961

Dated

Source
Begin: 1856

Image description

A half length portrait of an elderly man holding a folded piece of paper. He has a stand up collar and a bow tie. His elbow rests of a table which also bears a vase with flowers.

Tags

man; paper; collar; bow tie; table; vase; flower

Links

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1049560/stereoscopic-hand-tinted-daguerreotype-portrait-daguerreotype/
http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/manuscripts/search/results_n.cfm?NID=25620&RID=&Y1=&Y2=

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Object

Subject location

Torquay

Identification

PH334-1961

Dated

Source
Begin: 1856

Number of plates

Remarks general

The case is in book-form, with an overlapping flap which folds over from the right side. A metal tongue slips into a receiving slot on the front to close it.

Assessments

Provenance

Image description

A half length portrait of an elderly man holding a folded piece of paper. He has a stand up collar and a bow tie. His elbow rests of a table which also bears a vase with flowers.

Subject name

Keyword technique

daguerreotype

links

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1049560/stereoscopic-hand-tinted-daguerreotype-portrait-daguerreotype/
http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/manuscripts/search/results_n.cfm?NID=25620&RID=&Y1=&Y2=

Stereo plates

Window size

Height: 93 mm / 3.66 inch
Width: 67 mm / 2.64 inch

Housing size

Height: 121 mm / 4.76 inch
Width: 96 mm / 3.78 inch
Depth: 18 mm / 0.71 inch

Window shape

Oval

Housing shape

Rectangle

Collection

Identifier: Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Creator

Name: Widger, William
notes: Photographer. Listed in Kelly's Post Office Directory for Devonshire, 1856 as a 'statuary & photographic artist, 44 Lower Union Street, Torquay'
nationality: United Kingdom

Assessment

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Housing

Mat

Material

Metal

Color

Gold

Decoration design

line decoration

Spacing paper

Painted: No
Texture: No

Case

Material

Wood and leather

Shape

Rectangle

Parts

Cover and tray

Material decoration

Grainy; Grooves

Material colour

Dark violet

Hinges

Material: Leather

Closure mechanism

Other

Rail decoration lid

Gilded

Cushion material

Silk

Cushion color

White

Tray retrainer material

Textile

Tray retrainer color

Light violet

Rails decoration remarks

Cover

Rails

Decoration remarks

Metal foil preserver present

Yes

Binding

Frame

Finishing paper

Backing

Cover glass

Present: Yes
Painted: No

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Plate

Polishing lines
Annotation

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Hallmark

No plate-mark information available for this record

Gallery

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Before conservation