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Daguerreotype: LEEDM.E.1952.0036.5 1849

  • Collection: Leeds Museums and Galleries, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Type: European
  • Deeplink: http://www.daguerreobase.org/en/type/e415f607-65e6-09db-2b9c-da90ab11733a RDF Logo

Summary

Summary

Identification
LEEDM.E.1952.0036.5
Dated
Source
Begin
1849
Image description
Portrait of Joseph Bateson sitting and wearing his mayoral chain. The mayoral mace is propped beside his chair. Behind him is a painted backdrop of columns.
Tags
man; mayor; politician; whig; mace; painted backdrop; jacket; waistcoat; shirt; trousers; cravat; sideburns; chain of office; chair; gold highlight
Links
https://sites.google.com/site/leedsandbradfordstudios/home/oliver-sarony

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Object

Object

Subject location
Leeds
Identification
LEEDM.E.1952.0036.5
Dated
Source
Begin
1849
Number of plates
6
Remarks general
Joseph Bateson was mayor of Leeds in 1849 and it is likely that he arranged for these six portraits of whig mayors to be taken. His is the only image with any hand colouring, the only one in an oval mount and has been taken so that he is closer to the camera. Bateson died in 1867.
Assessments
Provenance
Title
J.Bateson 1849
Image description
Portrait of Joseph Bateson sitting and wearing his mayoral chain. The mayoral mace is propped beside his chair. Behind him is a painted backdrop of columns.
Subject name
Tottie, Thomas W.
Inscription
J.Bateson 1849
Keyword technique
daguerreotype
links
https://sites.google.com/site/leedsandbradfordstudios/home/oliver-sarony
Stereo plates
No
Window size
Height
94 mm / 3.7 inch
Width
67 mm / 2.64 inch
Housing size
Height
431 mm / 16.97 inch
Width
511 mm / 20.12 inch
Depth
21 mm / 0.83 inch
Window shape
Oval
Housing shape
Rectangle
Collection
Identifier
Leeds Museums and Galleries, United Kingdom
Creator
Name
Topham, Samuel
notes
Photographic studio at 27 Park Row (27 Park Lane in other sources) from 14th April 1842. He was at 5 West Bar from 1849, though whether this was in addition to Park Row or not is not yet known. By 1851 the business was trading as Samuel Topham and Son.
nationality
United Kingdom
Assessment
Previous altering
Yes
Treated
Unknown
Frame
Unknown
Housing
Unknown
Remarks
Frame backboard has been changed.

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Housing

Housing

Mat 1
Material
Metal
Color
Gold
Decoration design
texture
Spacing paper
Painted
No
Texture
No
Present
Unknown
Painted
Unknown
Mat 2
Material
Cardboard
Color
Light brown
Spacing paper
Painted
No
Texture
No
Present
Unknown
Painted
Unknown
Case
Rails decoration remarks
Cover
Rails
Decoration remarks
Present
Unknown
Decoration present
Unknown
Cushion present
Unknown
Retainer
Present
Unknown
Insert
Present
Unknown
Interior tray retainer present
Unknown
Rails present
Unknown
Metal foil preserver present
Unknown
Binding
 
Frame 1
Material
Wood
Colour
Brown
Frame 2
Material
Wood and plaster
Colour
Gold
Finishing paper
 
Backing
Material
Wood
description
A sheet of hardboard
Label annotations
36.1952
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

Polishing lines
Annotation
Surface
Goldtoning present
Unknown
Coating present
Unknown
Applied coloring present
Unknown
Securing
Securing retained by housing
Unknown

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Hallmark

Hallmark

No plate-mark information available for this record

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