Daguerreotype: VS-01

Collection: Vilja Sillamaa, private collection, Estonia i
Language: English
Type: Anglo-American
Deeplink: http://www.daguerreobase.org/en/type/a26dbaa8-5cc5-ea5c-d9d4-9030132fc19d

Identification

VS-01

Dated

Source

Image description

Half length portrait of a seated man in front of a plain textile backdrop. He has dark wavy hair, sideburns and he wears white shirt, dark cravat, waistcoat and a dark jacket.

Tags

man; half length; portrait; plain background; sideburns; cravat; waistcoat; jacket

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Object

Identification

VS-01

Dated

Source

Number of plates

Assessments

Provenance

Image description

Half length portrait of a seated man in front of a plain textile backdrop. He has dark wavy hair, sideburns and he wears white shirt, dark cravat, waistcoat and a dark jacket.

Subject name

Keyword technique

daguerreotype

links

Stereo plates

Window size

Height: 68 mm / 2.68 inch
Width: 56 mm / 2.2 inch

Housing size

Height: 93 mm / 3.66 inch
Width: 79 mm / 3.11 inch
Depth: 10 mm / 0.39 inch

Window shape

Octagon

Housing shape

Rectangle

Collection

Identifier: Vilja Sillamaa, private collection, Estonia
Description: Private photographic collection

Assessment

Previous altering: Yes
Housing: Unchanged

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Housing

Mat

Material

Metal

Color

Gold

Decoration

Gilded

Window edge type

Bevelled

Window edge color

Gold

Top mat color

Gold

Spacing paper

Painted: No
Texture: No
Present: No

Painted

Case

Material

Wood

Exterior covering material

Leather or imitation leather

Type

Book

Shape

Rectangle

Parts

Cover and tray

Material decoration

Bas relief ornaments

Material colour

Dark brown

Hinges

Material: Paper
Attached by: Glue

Closure mechanism

Hook & eyelet

Rail decoration lid

Embossed; Gilded

Cushion material

Velvet

Cushion color

Brown

Cushion decoration

None

Tray retrainer material

Velvet

Tray retrainer color

Brown

Clasps number

Rails decoration remarks

Cover

Rails

Decoration remarks
Present: Yes
Decoration present: Yes

Cushion present

Yes

Retainer

Present: No

Interior tray retainer present

Unknown

Rails present

Yes

Metal foil preserver present

Binding

Frame

Finishing paper

Backing

Cover glass

Present: Yes
Painted: No

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Plate

Polishing lines

Annotation

Surface

Goldtoning present: Yes
Coating present: No
Applied coloring present: No

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Hallmark

No plate-mark information available for this record

Gallery

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Before conservation