Daguerreotype: 1959-29/2 1839-1848

Collection: Det Nationale Fotomuseum, Denmark i
Language: Danish
Type: European
Deeplink: http://daguerreobase.org/en/type/54651ae3-ef73-3673-08d0-bdf60bc0a1bf

Summary

Identification

1959-29/2

Dated

Source: Year 1848 printed on recycled cardboard for backing board
Begin: 1839
End: 1848

Image description

Portrait of Anna Margrethe Kiær

Tags

portrait; woman

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Object

Identification

1959-29/2

Dated

Source: Year 1848 printed on recycled cardboard for backing board
Begin: 1839
End: 1848

Number of plates

Assessments

Provenance

Title

Portræt af Anna Margrete Kiær

Image description

Portrait of Anna Margrethe Kiær

Subject name

Kiær, Anna Margrete

Inscription

Handwriting in pencil on back, white paper label: "Kiar, Anna Margrethe f Hansen (1826 - 1888) 11.9. 23.6."

Keyword technique

daguerreotype

links

Stereo plates

Window size

Height: 60 mm / 2.36 inch
Width: 73 mm / 2.87 inch

Housing size

Height: 125 mm / 4.92 inch
Width: 135 mm / 5.31 inch

Window shape

Rectangle with round corners

Housing shape

Rectangle

Collection

Identifier: Det Nationale Fotomuseum, Denmark
Description: Det Nationale Fotomuseum (The National Museum of Photography) holds extensive collections of photography from 1839 until the present, among which is Scandinavia’s largest collection of daguerreotypes.

Assessment

Previous altering: Unknown
Treated: Yes
Remarks: Conserved in 2007

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Housing

Mat

Material

Cardboard

Color

White

Decoration

Stamped

Window edge type

Flat

Decoration design

line decoration

Number

Spacing paper

Painted: No
Texture: No
Present: No

Painted

Yes

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

Color: Dark brown
Material: Paper
Texture: Waffled embossing
Mat active: No

Frame

Finishing paper

Color: Dark brown
Texture: Waffled embossing

Backing

Material

Cardboard with paper covering

Hanging system

Ribbon color: Light red
Ribbon material: Textile
Present: Yes

description

Backing cardboard is a recycled piece of cardboard with some printed text on the side that was facing the daguerreotype´s backside and hence has remains of glue. Through the layer of glue you can read: "Første hefte" "Kjøbenhavn." "[...] i det Berlingske Bogtrykkeri." "1848."

Recessed

Unknown

Access panel present

Unknown

Finishing paper

Yes

Cover glass

Present: Yes
Painted: No
Strass: No

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Plate

Plate size other

81 x 70 mm

Polishing lines

Annotation

Surface

Goldtoning present: Yes
Coating present: Unknown
Applied coloring present: Yes
Applied coloring type: Clothing/fabric; Jewelry

Securing

Securing retained by housing

Unknown

Paper or tape

Fixed to: Backing
Type: Piece of printing

Shape

Rectangle

Edge

Top: Straight
Right: Straight
Bottom: Straight
Left: Straight

Corner

Topleft: Straight
Topright: Straight
Bottomright: Straight
Bottomleft: Straight

Size

Sixth-plate 80 x 70 mm / 3,25 x 2,75 inches

Material

Silvered copper

Backplate surface

Copper

Securing adhesive fixed to

Back of plate (part of original binding)

Securing adhesive place

Whole surface

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Hallmark

Manufacturer

Present: Yes
Partly visible: Unknown
Location: front of plate, top right corner: 2 Hallmarks; 1) CHRISTOFLE" 2) the balance and CHRISTOFLE underneath

Silver content