1959.17.3

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ID Number

1959.17.3

Category

Communication Artifacts

Sub-category

documentary artifact

Item Name

daguerrotype

Maker

A. P. Critchlow & Co.

Date

1856

Materials

bakelite VELVET METAL, UNKNOWN METAL, COPPER GLASS

Measurements

overall: 9 cm x 10 cm

Description

Daguerreotype of unidentified young man, covered with glass and encased in bakelite-like case with velvet lining; molded gold matting on daguerreotype; pressed urn-design on burgundy lining; scroll-molded; hinged, encased

History

Dagurreotype were a type of photograph made in this fashion: an early photographic process; the pictures were made on light-sensitive silver coated plates The process was named after L.Daguerre (1789-1851), its inventor.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Art subject