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Daguerreotype: XXVIII-33 1848-1849

  • Collection: Helsinki City Museum, Finland i
  • Language: English
  • Type: Anglo-American
  • Deeplink: http://daguerreobase.org/en/type/90ef07e2-6ecd-2096-e9f7-296beb632f43 RDF Logo

Summary

Summary

Identification
XXVIII-33
Dated
Source
Begin
1848
End
1849
Image description
Portrait of doctor J. W. Engel.
Tags
portrait; man; doctor
Links
https://hkm.finna.fi/Record/hkm.HKMS000005%3Akm0000m88l

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Object

Object

Subject location
Helsingfors
Identification
XXVIII-33
Dated
Source
Begin
1848
End
1849
Number of plates
1
Assessments
Provenance
Image description
Portrait of doctor J. W. Engel.
Subject name
Engel, Johan Wilhelm
Inscription
gilded letters A.K. (on cover)
Keyword technique
daguerreotype
links
https://hkm.finna.fi/Record/hkm.HKMS000005%3Akm0000m88l
Stereo plates
No
Window size
Height
65 mm / 2.56 inch
Width
50 mm / 1.97 inch
Housing size
Height
140 mm / 5.51 inch
Width
120 mm / 4.72 inch
Depth
15 mm / 0.59 inch
Window shape
Octagon
Housing shape
Rectangle
Collection
Identifier
Helsinki City Museum, Finland
Description
Collection of Helsinki City Museum, Finland
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
nationality
Norway
Assessment
 

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Housing

Housing

Mat 1
Material
Paper
Color
White
Decoration
Stamped
Decoration design
floral design
Spacing paper
Painted
No
Texture
No
Present
Unknown
Painted
Unknown
Mat 2
Material
Paper
Color
White
Decoration
Stamped
Decoration design
floral design
Spacing paper
Painted
No
Texture
No
Present
Unknown
Painted
Unknown
Case 1
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
Case 2
Material
Wood and leather
Shape
Rectangle
Parts
Cover in two parts & tray
Material decoration
Embossed ornaments
Material colour
Dark brown
Hinges
Material
Leather
Number
1
Closure mechanism
Hook & eyelet
Cushion material
Silk
Cushion color
Green
Clasps number
4
Rails decoration remarks
Cover
Rails
Decoration remarks
Present
Unknown
Decoration present
Unknown
Cushion present
Yes
Retainer
Present
Unknown
Insert
Present
Unknown
Interior tray retainer present
Unknown
Rails present
No
Metal foil preserver present
Unknown
Binding
 
Frame
 
Finishing paper
 
Backing
 
Cover glass 1
Present
Unknown
Painted
Unknown
Strass
Unknown
Cover glass 2
Present
Unknown
Painted
Unknown
Strass
Unknown
Cover glass 3
Present
Yes
Painted
Unknown
Strass
Unknown

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Plate

Plate

Polishing lines
Annotation
Surface
Goldtoning present
Unknown
Coating present
Unknown
Applied coloring present
Unknown
Securing
Securing retained by housing
Unknown

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Hallmark

Hallmark

No plate-mark information available for this record

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