Portrait of a smiling man with a quill pen(?), pottery inkwell (?) and what looks like a type of stereo viewer but is more probably a polygraph copying machine.
The Beard Patentee mount was added to protect the plate and does not belong with it.
Sold at Chiswick Auctions 28/5/2021 lot number 16 for £750.
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Provenance
Image description
Portrait of a smiling man with a quill pen(?), pottery inkwell (?) and what looks like a type of stereo viewer but is more probably a polygraph copying machine.
Subject name
Inscription
BEARD PATENTEE on mount but not original to this plate.
Keyword technique
daguerreotype
links
Stereo plates
No
Window shape
Oval
Housing shape
Rectangle
Collection
Identifier
Private collection, United Kingdom VIII
Description
A privately owned collection acquired over the past few decades.
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