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Daguerreotype: EKLA_A-37-1254 1844

  • Collection: Estonian Literary Museum, Estonia i
  • Language: English
  • Type: European
  • Deeplink: http://daguerreobase.org/en/type/abeb1959-4ae1-4836-00cc-f5907ba7ebba RDF Logo

Summary

Summary

Identification
EKLA_A-37-1254
Dated
Source
date of birth
Begin
1844
Image description
Full length portrait of Carl Johann von Seidlitz' children: his daughter Marie von Seidlitz (1832-1903) and two sons Georg Karl Maria von Seidlitz (1840-1917) and Karl Johann Maria von Seidlitz (1838-1897). The girl is sitting on a carved chair to the left, leaning her left elbow on the table and looking to her left. She wears a pale patterned dress with long sleeves, a long dark silk scarf on her shoulders and earrings. The boy in the middle (Georg Karl Maria) is sitting, looking towards the camera and resting his left arm on the table. The boy to the right (Karl Johann Maria) is also looking towards the camera and rests his right arm on the table. He wears pale trousers and dark shoes. The boys wear identical dark dresses with buttons and long sleeves, they also have identical haircut. There is a table in the middle, two curtains behind them, and a plant to the right.
Tags
brother; sister; table; plant; curtain; earring

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Object

Object

Subject location
St Petersburg
Identification
EKLA_A-37-1254
Dated
Source
date of birth
Begin
1844
Number of plates
1
Assessments
Provenance
Image description
Full length portrait of Carl Johann von Seidlitz' children: his daughter Marie von Seidlitz (1832-1903) and two sons Georg Karl Maria von Seidlitz (1840-1917) and Karl Johann Maria von Seidlitz (1838-1897). The girl is sitting on a carved chair to the left, leaning her left elbow on the table and looking to her left. She wears a pale patterned dress with long sleeves, a long dark silk scarf on her shoulders and earrings. The boy in the middle (Georg Karl Maria) is sitting, looking towards the camera and resting his left arm on the table. The boy to the right (Karl Johann Maria) is also looking towards the camera and rests his right arm on the table. He wears pale trousers and dark shoes. The boys wear identical dark dresses with buttons and long sleeves, they also have identical haircut. There is a table in the middle, two curtains behind them, and a plant to the right.
Subject name
Seidlitz, Marie von; Seidlitz, Georg Karl Maria von; Karl Johann Maria von Seidlitz
Inscription
Marie v. Seidlitz. *1832.4.11. i/Petersburg. +1903.11.20 i/Baden. Georg v. Seidlitz *1840.6.7. i/Petersburg. Karl Maria v. Seidlitz. *1838.7.11. i/Petersburg. +1897.6.21. i/Dorpat.
Keyword technique
daguerreotype
links
Stereo plates
No
Window size
Height
83 mm / 3.27 inch
Width
68 mm / 2.68 inch
Housing size
Height
133 mm / 5.24 inch
Width
110 mm / 4.33 inch
Depth
7 mm / 0.28 inch
Window shape
Octagon
Housing shape
Rectangle
Collection
Identifier
Estonian Literary Museum, Estonia
Description
Estonian Literary Museum (Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum) – Vanemuise 42, 51003 Tartu, Estonia. Phone +372 7377700, E-mail kirmus@kirmus.ee. The Estonian Literary Museum is a research and development institution that also carries the functions of a central archive of national sciences and of an archival library. The photographic collection includes almost 300,000 prints, negatives and digital files. The true rarities of the collection are its five daguerreotypes that include the oldest (ca. 1844, see EKLA_A-37-1254) and largest (12.1x16.2 cm, see EKLA_1940-28) preserved daguerreotype in Estonia.
Assessment
Previous altering
Yes
Treated
No
Frame
Unchanged
Housing
Unchanged

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Housing

Housing

Mat
Material
Paper
Color
Brown
Decoration texture
None
Decoration type
None
Window edge type
Cut
Top mat color
Brown
Spacing paper
Type
Flat
Color
Black
Painted
No
Texture
No
Present
Yes
Decoration design
no decoration
Painted
No
Case
Rails decoration remarks
Cover
Rails
Decoration remarks
Binding
Color
Dark brown; Gold
Material
Paper
Texture
Embossed ornaments
Assembly
4 strips; Glue
Mat active
No
Frame
Material
Cardboard with paper covering
Colour
Dark brown
Style
Rectangle
Decoration style
Dotted bas relief
Mounting
Type
Hanging
Attached to
Frame backing
Eye shape
Circle
Eye material
Metal
Finishing paper
Color
Dark brown
Texture
Embossing
Backing
Material
Paper
Assembly
Glue
acces_panel_lock
Paper
Hanging system
Eye shape
Circle
Eye material
Metal
Present
Yes
Label annotations
Paper label on backing paper with handwriting: "Marie v. Seidlitz. *1832.4.11. i/Petersburg. +1903.11.20 i/Baden. Georg v. Seidlitz *1840.6.7. i/Petersburg. Karl Maria v. Seidlitz. *1838.7.11. i/Petersburg. +1897.6.21. i/Dorpat."
Recessed
Yes
Access panel present
Yes
Cover glass
Present
Yes
Painted
No
Strass
No

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Plate

Plate

Polishing lines
visible, from left to right
Annotation
Surface
Goldtoning present
Yes
Coating present
No
Applied coloring present
No
Material
Copper, silver-plated

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Hallmark

Hallmark

Manufacturer
Present
Unknown
Partly visible
Unknown
Silver content
Present
Unknown
Combined
Unknown

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