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Daguerreotype: TM_F479 1850-1860

  • Collection: Tartu City Museum, Estonia i
  • Language: English
  • Type: European
  • Deeplink: http://daguerreobase.org/en/type/1b62b5d2-f093-8b3e-e495-94f3965ff829 RDF Logo

Summary

Summary

Identification
TM_F479
Dated
Source
Unknown
Begin
1850
End
1860
Image description
Three quarter length portrait of an old woman with a girl, probably with her grandchild, seated. The woman looks to her right and wears a dark long sleeved dress with white collar and a brooch. She has a white lace-edged bonnet. The girl sits on her lap and looks towards the camera. She wears a patterned dress with long sleeves. There is a curtain in the background.
Tags
woman; girl; curtain; dress; brooch; bonnet

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Object

Object

Identification
TM_F479
Dated
Source
Unknown
Begin
1850
End
1860
Number of plates
1
Assessments
Provenance
Image description
Three quarter length portrait of an old woman with a girl, probably with her grandchild, seated. The woman looks to her right and wears a dark long sleeved dress with white collar and a brooch. She has a white lace-edged bonnet. The girl sits on her lap and looks towards the camera. She wears a patterned dress with long sleeves. There is a curtain in the background.
Subject name
Inscription
"J. Weninger. Atelier grande Morskoi maison Person. Nr 37."
Keyword technique
daguerreotype
links
Stereo plates
No
Window size
Height
101 mm / 3.98 inch
Width
75 mm / 2.95 inch
Housing size
Height
170 mm / 6.69 inch
Width
135 mm / 5.31 inch
Window shape
Octagon
Housing shape
Rectangle
Collection
Identifier
Tartu City Museum, Estonia
Description
Tartu City Museum (Tartu Linnamuuseum) – Narva mnt 23, 51009 Tartu, Estonia. Phone +372 7461912, E-mail info@katarina.ee. The collection is divided into six sections: photographic, historical, archival, archaeological, numismatics and art. The museum holds collections of photography from the late 19th century (incl. one daguerreotype) until present and it is focused on views of the city of Tartu as well as on the heritage of photographers, who have been working in Tartu.
Creator
Name
Weninger, Joseph
notes
Josephus Ernestus Weninger, geboren in Zellnitz, Untersteiermark (Selnica, Slowenien), studiert ab 1826 Porträtmalerei an der Akademie der Künste in Wien, reist 1841 als Miniaturmaler durch Böhmen, lernt in Karlsbad vermutlich bei Anton Martin das Daguerreotypieren, bietet im September 1841 erstmals Porträts in Prag an, 1842 in Leipzig, Dresden, Hamburg und Kopenhagen, wo er die königliche Familie ablichtet, nach einem Aufenthalt in Helsingør arbeitet er wieder in Kopenhagen und beteiligt sich im April 1843 mit Daguerreotypien an der Kunstausstellung im Schloß Charlottenburg, reist im Sommer 1843 nach Stockholm, bietet auch dort Daguerreotypien an, reist mit seinem Bruder Heinrich weiter über Finnland nach St. Petersburg, wo beide ein Atelier eröffnen, porträtiert Ende 1855 die Zarenfamilie, Ende 1857 wird das Atelier aufgegeben. (Quelle: Uwe Steen, “Joseph und Heinrich Weninger. Reisende Daguerreotypisten aus Österreich“, in: Fotogeschichte, Heft 70, 18. Jg., 1998, 3-19.)
Assessment
Previous altering
Yes
Treated
Unknown
Frame
Changed
Housing
Changed
Remarks
Frame has been opened, binding partly missing.
Signs
Severe abrasion

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Housing

Housing

Mat
Material
Cardboard
Color
White
Decoration texture
Bronze paint pattern
Decoration type
Leaves
Window edge type
Cut
Window edge color
White
Top mat color
Gold; White
Decoration design
line decoration
Spacing paper
Painted
No
Texture
No
Present
No
Painted
No
Case
Rails decoration remarks
Cover
Rails
Decoration remarks
Binding
Color
Black
Material
Paper
Assembly
4 strips; Glue
Mat active
No
Frame
Material
Cardboard with paper covering
Colour
Gold
Style
Rectangle
Decoration style
Embossed ornaments
Mounting
Type
Standing
Attached to
Frame backing
Finishing paper
Color
Dark blue
Design
Dark blue
Texture
Embossed hatching
Backing
Material
Paper
Assembly
Glue
acces_panel_lock
Paper
description
Housing consists of frame and individual cardboard case, covered with dark blue paper.
Label annotations
Light blue paper label beneath the fold out support strut: "J. Weninger. Atelier grande Morskoi maison Person. Nr 37."
Recessed
Yes
Access panel present
Yes
Hanging system
Present
No
Cover glass
Present
Yes
Painted
No
Strass
No

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Plate

Plate

Polishing lines
Annotation
Surface
Goldtoning present
Yes
Coating present
No
Applied coloring present
No
Shape
Rectangle with round corners
Edge
Top
Cut
Right
Cut
Bottom
Cut
Left
Cut
Corner
Topleft
Rounded
Topright
Rounded
Bottomright
Rounded
Bottomleft
Rounded
Size
Quarter-plate 108 x 80 mm / 4,25 x 3,25 inches
Material
Copper, silver-plated
Backplate surface
Copper
Securing adhesive fixed to
Back of plate (part of original binding)
Securing adhesive place
Whole surface
Securing
Paper or tape
Fixed to
Back of plate (part of original binding)
Type
Piece of paper

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Hallmark

Hallmark

Manufacturer
Present
No
Partly visible
No
Silver content
Present
No
Combined
No

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