Daguerreotype: 1973-280_1 1839-09-1839-10

Collection: National Media Museum, United Kingdom i
Language: English
Type: European
Deeplink: http://www.daguerreobase.org/en/type/8c2632c0-00da-02f0-ccf9-9e85ead7e393

Summary

Identification

1973-280_1

Image description

View of the spire of the church St. Martin in the Fields, London.

Dated

Begin: 1839-09
End: 1839-10

Tags

church; spire; clock; architectural detail; urn; window; building; balustrade; roof; pilaster; stonework

Links

http://www.midley.co.uk/midley_pdfs/SteCroix_London.pdf
http://www.daguerreotypearchive.org/texts/P8390034_LONDON_ART-UNION_1839-12-15.pdf
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2hVAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA131&lpg=PA131&dq=Daguerreotype+St.+Croix&source=bl&ots=uKjWbvgFWs&sig=W3zbtBmkpJ8akswAydMVk9LkzZw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZDWhVJ2jIoK07QadsIHgDg&ved=0CEkQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Daguerreotype%20St.%20Croix&f=false
http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Daguerreotype.html?id=JXZFMwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

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Object

Subject location

City of Westminster

Identification

1973-280_1

Number of plates

Image description

View of the spire of the church St. Martin in the Fields, London.

Subject name

St Martin-in-the-Fields church

Inscription

Scratched on plate verso 'Londre 1839'

Keyword technique

daguerreotype

links

Stereo plates

Window size

Height: 143 mm / 5.63 inch
Width: 98 mm / 3.86 inch

Housing size

Height: 154 mm / 6.06 inch
Width: 109 mm / 4.29 inch
Depth: 4 mm / 0.16 inch

Window shape

Rectangle

Housing shape

Rectangle

Dated

Begin: 1839-09
End: 1839-10

Collection

Identifier: National Media Museum, United Kingdom
Description: UK-INS-NMeM

Creator

Name: St. Croix
notes: He took the first daguerreotypes in the UK (of London) starting on the 13th of September 1839 just seven days after the first public disclosure of the practicalities of the process. He was probably part of Daguerre's circle, he wrote a short book on the daguerreotype process with Francis Fauvel-Gouraud (see http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Daguerreotype.html?id=JXZFMwEACAAJ&redir_esc=y ). Fauvel-Gouraud also wrote a book with Daguerre see https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QciMnQEACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Francis+Fauvel-Gouraud%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zTehVMmMFOrR7Ab52IH4Cw&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAjgK ) St. Croix may not have been his real name.
nationality: France

Assessment

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Housing

Mat

Case

Binding

Frame

Material: Paper
Colour: White
Style: Rectangle

Finishing paper

Backing

Material

Paper

description

Beige paper partially covering the back

Recessed

Unknown

Access panel present

Unknown

Hanging system

Present: Unknown

Finishing paper

Unknown

Cover glass

Present: Yes
Painted: No
Strass: Unknown
Decoration: None

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Plate

Plate size other

6 x 4¼ inches

Surface

Goldtoning present: Unknown
Coating present: Unknown
Applied coloring present: Unknown

Securing

Securing retained by housing: Unknown

Shape

Rectangle

Material

Silvered copper

Backplate surface

Copper

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Hallmark

No plate-mark information available for this record

Gallery

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Before conservation