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Daguerreotype: 2003-5001/2/28301 1851

  • Collection: Royal Photographic Society Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom i
  • Language: English
  • Type: Other
  • Deeplink: http://www.daguerreobase.org/en/type/0346da80-5b2b-6fc6-fd3c-db74b375d6cd RDF Logo

Summary

Summary

Identification
2003-5001/2/28301
Dated
Source
This cannot be any earlier than the introduction of the Brewster pattern stereo viewer in 1851.
Begin
1851
Image description
Portrait of a young woman in an elaborate room setting. She is bent over her lace work, seated at a table with a guitar leaning against it. She wears a dark dress with a lace collar and has hair in a middle parting gathered at the back. There is a dog (stuffed?) in the foreground, and a parasol. Behind is a lace trimmed mirror on a round table with candles and candle sticks, and many other objects, on a table cloth.
Tags
woman; lace making; table; chair; dog; mirror; candle; candlestick; parasol; tablecloth; centre parting; dress; carpet; curtain; bottle; lace; perfume bottle; guitar; foot stool; tie-back

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Object

Object

Identification
2003-5001/2/28301
Dated
Source
This cannot be any earlier than the introduction of the Brewster pattern stereo viewer in 1851.
Begin
1851
Number of plates
2
Remarks general
Beautiful and interesting image of a 19th C ideal of femininity; the woman is diligently busy with needlework, can play a musical instrument as represented by the guitar, has perfume bottles laid out on the table.
Assessments
Provenance
Image description
Portrait of a young woman in an elaborate room setting. She is bent over her lace work, seated at a table with a guitar leaning against it. She wears a dark dress with a lace collar and has hair in a middle parting gathered at the back. There is a dog (stuffed?) in the foreground, and a parasol. Behind is a lace trimmed mirror on a round table with candles and candle sticks, and many other objects, on a table cloth.
Subject name
Keyword technique
daguerreotype
links
Stereo plates
Yes
Window size
Height
64 mm / 2.52 inch
Width
55 mm / 2.17 inch
Housing size
Height
85 mm / 3.35 inch
Width
172 mm / 6.77 inch
Depth
3 mm / 0.12 inch
Window shape
Arched
Housing shape
Rectangle
Collection
Identifier
Royal Photographic Society Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom
Description
UK-INS-V&A - Royal Photographic Society Collection within the Victoria and Albert Museum
Assessment
 

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Housing

Housing

Mat
 
Case
Rails decoration remarks
Cover
Rails
Decoration remarks
Binding
 
Frame
 
Finishing paper
 
Backing
Material
Paper
description
Black textured paper, grid-patterned
Recessed
Unknown
Access panel present
Unknown
Hanging system
Present
Unknown
Finishing paper
Unknown
Cover glass
Present
Yes
Painted
Yes
Strass
Unknown
Colour
Black

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Plate

Plate

Polishing lines
Annotation

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Hallmark

Hallmark

No plate-mark information available for this record

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