Daguerreotype: NPG P199100 1841-03-1855

Collection: The National Portrait Gallery i
Language: English
Type: Anglo-American
Deeplink: http://daguerreobase.org/en/type/cce5cd6a-735e-6e5c-86ee-33692a6b182d

Summary

Identification

NPG P199100

Dated

Source
Begin: 1841-03
End: 1855

Image description

A head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified man,

Tags

portrait; man; jacket; tie; side parting; wharton case

Links

http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw259187/Unidentified-man?search=sp&sText=daguerreotype&firstRun=true&wPage=1&rNo=22
http://www.photolondon.org.uk/pages/details.asp?pid=529
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Beard_(photographer)
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=2065
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp06664/richard-beard

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Object

Identification

NPG P199100

Dated

Source
Begin: 1841-03
End: 1855

Number of plates

Assessments

Provenance

Image description

A head and shoulders portrait of an unidentified man,

Subject name

Inscription

T. WHARTON No791 24 AUGUST 1841. stamped on case

Keyword technique

daguerreotype

links

Stereo plates

Window size

Height: 56 mm / 2.2 inch
Width: 44 mm / 1.73 inch

Housing size

Height: 92 mm / 3.62 inch
Width: 78 mm / 3.07 inch
Depth: 7 mm / 0.28 inch

Window shape

Rectangle

Housing shape

Rectangle

Collection

Identifier: The National Portrait Gallery
Description: UK-INS-NPG

Creator

Name: Beard, Richard
notes: Mit Beard in London beginnt in Europa die Periode der daguerreschen Ateliers, sein Etablissement war das erste professionelle Fotostudio auf dem Kontinent (März 1841). Er hatte das Patent zum Daguerreotypieren in England und eröffnete in rascher Folge eine Zahl von Ateliers.
nationality: United Kingdom

Assessment

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Housing

Mat

Material

Metal

Color

Gold

Decoration design

floral design

Spacing paper

Painted: No
Texture: No

Painted

Case

Rails decoration remarks

Cover

Rails

Decoration remarks

Binding

Frame

Material: Metal
Colour: Gold

Finishing paper

Backing

Material: Metal
description: Wharton case
Label annotations: see above

Cover glass

Present: Yes
Painted: No
Decoration: None

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Plate

Polishing lines
Annotation

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Hallmark

No plate-mark information available for this record

Gallery

Rights on every image:: Creative Commons – Attribution Non-commercial, No derivatives (BY-NC-ND)

Before conservation