Group portrait of two sitting men and a standing woman. The man on the right is Martinus Nissen Drejer (03.09.1802-1872).
The woman and one of the men are holding hands, while she is leaning on the other. She has a ring on her finger, a broche on her chest, a necklace around her neck and a bracelet around her arm.
A backdrop in the background.
One of the men is wearing glasses and is leaning on what could be a table with a tablecloth or a cushion. He also has sideburns.
Martinus Nissen Drejer also appears in this picture in a similar setting and housing: NTNU-UB-F-EFT-076.
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Image description
Group portrait of two sitting men and a standing woman. The man on the right is Martinus Nissen Drejer (03.09.1802-1872).
The woman and one of the men are holding hands, while she is leaning on the other. She has a ring on her finger, a broche on her chest, a necklace around her neck and a bracelet around her arm.
A backdrop in the background.
One of the men is wearing glasses and is leaning on what could be a table with a tablecloth or a cushion. He also has sideburns.
Subject name
Drejer, Martinus Nissen; Dreier, Martinus Nissen; Dreyer, Martinus Nissen
Keyword technique
daguerreotype
links
Stereo plates
No
Window size
Height
89 mm / 3.5 inch
Width
73 mm / 2.87 inch
Housing size
Height
172 mm / 6.77 inch
Width
151 mm / 5.94 inch
Depth
17 mm / 0.67 inch
Window shape
Octagon
Housing shape
Rectangle
Collection
Identifier
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket, Norway
Description
NTNU Universitetsbiblioteket / NTNU University Library
Creator
Name
Neupert, Carl
notes
Active in Norway: Christiania (Oslo), 1844-46, Bergen, Trondheim and Kristiansand 1844. In Russia: St. Petersburg 1847 and Finland 1848-49 including Helsingfors. Photographed also in Lithuania in the 1850s. He lived in Vilnius in 1851 and 1855 (according to Jurate Gudaite from The National Museum of Lithuania) where he called himself Charles Neupert, and had his name printed on the verso of the white, octagonal passepartout.
He was an artifical flower manufacturer and sold womens clothing, mainly hats and capes before he took up daguerreotyping. Student of Carl Ferdinand Stelzner. Dates of birth and death are not confimed, copied from a Polish source: http://www.natkaszczerbatka.pl/fotografia/3853-zabytkowe-fotografie-w-muzeum-narodowym-w-warszawie.html
http://www.lnm.lt/en/virtual-exhibitions/collection-of-daguerreotypes-of-the-national-museum-of-lithuania
Dainius Junevicius, Fotografia na Litwie 1839- 1863 http://issuu.com/dainiusjunevicius/docs/junevicius-dagerotyp
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