Daguerreotype: MR-4154

Collection: Muzeul Revolutiei, Complex Muzeal Arad, Romania; Revolution Museum, Arad Museum Complex, Romania; i
Language: Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
Type: European
Deeplink: http://www.daguerreobase.org/en/type/ad46df5c-3be5-3a06-3a9c-abe190ba27d2

Summary

Identification

MR-4154

Dated

Source

Image description

Three quarter length portrait of a seated man wearing a military uniform and holding a sword

Tags

studio; portrait; military uniform; tinted

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Object

Identification

MR-4154

Dated

Source

Remarks general

The daguerreotype is in a relatively good state of conservation. There are signs of oxidation and the plate is tarnished. The frame is a bit deteriorated.

Assessments

Provenance

Museum fund

Title

Senior-Lieutenant Bethlen Biszterszky Károly (after 1823-1870)

Image description

Three quarter length portrait of a seated man wearing a military uniform and holding a sword

Subject name

Bethlen Biszterszky, Károly

Inscription

In Hungarian: Bethlen Biszterszky Károly 1848 főhadnagy harczolt Szt. tamás alatt a honvédek altal bevételnél ott volt. Biszterszky Imre a 64 életkorában honvéd ruhatárnok Rakamazon Biszterszky Robert mint hovéd orvos Paskevits által utlevelet kapván B Biszterszky Soma mint hovéd hadnagy közlegény besoroztatott a Vasa ezredben szolgált mint kaplar került vissza

Keyword technique

daguerreotype

links

Stereo plates

Window size

Height: 37 mm / 1.46 inch
Width: 29 mm / 1.14 inch

Housing size

Height: 85 mm / 3.35 inch
Width: 67 mm / 2.64 inch
Depth: 3 mm / 0.12 inch

Window shape

Rectangle

Housing shape

Rectangle

Collection

Identifier: Muzeul Revolutiei, Complex Muzeal Arad, Romania; Revolution Museum, Arad Museum Complex, Romania;
Description: The Museum Arad was opened in 1893, as an exhibition of Relics of the Revolution from 1848. Besides the old relics exhibition, archeological and medieval history collections were put on display and an European art gallery has been opened as well.Today, the museum manages a collection of over 125.000 pieces, being an active actor on the Arad cultural scene, assuming a reformative role.

Assessment

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Housing

Mat

Material

Cardboard

Color

Light brown

Decoration

Stamped

Window edge type

Flat

Window edge color

Light brown

Decoration design

pattern

Spacing paper

Painted: No
Texture: No
Present: No

Painted

Case

Rails decoration remarks

Cover

Rails

Decoration remarks

Binding

Color: Black
Material: Paper
Texture: Linen
Assembly: 4 strips

Frame

Material: Cardboard
Colour: Gold
Style: Rectangle
Decoration style: Embossed ornaments
Covering finish: Gilding
Innerfinish: Gilding

Finishing paper

Color: Blue

Backing

Material

Cardboard with paper covering

Hanging system

Ribbon color: Green
Ribbon material: Textile
Present: Yes

Access panel present

Cover glass

Present

Yes

Painted

Strass

Size

height: 67 mm / 2.64 inch
width: 85 mm / 3.35 inch

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Plate

Number

Polishing lines

Annotation

Remarks

Applied color: Gold and black on the uniform Gold on the tassel of the sword

Surface

Goldtoning present: Unknown
Coating present: Unknown
Applied coloring present: Yes
Applied coloring type: Fabric

Material

Silvered copper

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Hallmark

No plate-mark information available for this record

Gallery

Rights on every image:: Creative Commons – Attribution Non-commercial, Share Alike (BY-NC-SA)

Before conservation