Portrett av en jente i hvit kjole, som sitter på en stol med hendene i fanget.
Portrait of a girl in a white dress, seated in a chair with her hands in her lap.
Portrett av en jente i hvit kjole, som sitter på en stol med hendene i fanget.
Portrait of a girl in a white dress, seated in a chair with her hands in her lap.
Subject name
Inscription
"W. H. Kent 147 Oxford St"
Label: 270
Label: 5091 £16.
Label: 004288
Keyword technique
daguerreotype
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Stereo plates
No
Window size
Height
54 mm / 2.13 inch
Width
39 mm / 1.54 inch
Housing size
Height
75 mm / 2.95 inch
Width
62 mm / 2.44 inch
Depth
19 mm / 0.75 inch
Window shape
Rectangle with round corners
Housing shape
Rectangle
Collection
Identifier
Preus museum, Norway
Description
Preus museum is Norway's National Museum of Photography. Preus Museum will be the inevitable center of knowledge and communication about all aspects of photography and the history of photography. Via active communications the museum will disseminate knowledge about all aspects of photography and participate in public debate about the uses of photography and its meaning in society.
Creator
Name
Kent, W.H.
notes
Born in the UK. he started as daguerreotypist in the USA in 1845 and set up a studio in NYC in 1848. He moved to the United Kingdom and opened a studio in 147 Oxford Street, London in 1854 where he operated until 1864. He was still exhibiting daguerreotypes in 1863 in London in the Photographic Society exhibition.
obituaries IN Times October 1 1907; Eastbourne Gazette October 2 1907
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