Daguerreotype In Broken Red Morocco Leather Box

PART OF:
The Kodak Museum Collection
photographer:
Unknown

175x230mm red Morocco leather case (only bottom remains) embossed with leaf and scroll design. Gold leaf pattern around edges. Once lined with plain red plush. Ornate oval gilt mat and patterned pinchbeck frame. 130x190mm daguerreotype three quarter length portrait of young mother and child seated with father. Lady wearing large cameo brooch.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Kodak Collection
Object Number:
1990-5036/DD03
Measurements:
overall (daguerreotype): 130 mm x 190 mm
overall (case): 175 mm x 230 mm
type:
daguerreotype and cased image
credit:
The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford