Daguerreotype: Plate 7 EB 1849-04-1855

Collection: Private collection, United Kingdom V
Language: English
Type: Anglo-American
Deeplink: http://daguerreobase.org/en/type/783139d5-e0e0-dca3-caa4-9fc65f5c4f85

Summary

Identification

Plate 7 EB

Dated

Source
Begin: 1849-04
End: 1855

Image description

A seated mature lady. Her arm is leaning on a large book which rests on a table.

Tags

lady; dress; lace; jewelry; hand coloured; table; chair; ringlet; centre parting; book; cloud backdrop

Links

http://www.photolondon.org.uk/pages/details.asp?pid=529
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp06664/richard-beard
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=2065
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Beard_(photographer)

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Object

Identification

Plate 7 EB

Dated

Source
Begin: 1849-04
End: 1855

Number of plates

Remarks general

Family photograph from Richard Beard's immediate family. Richard Beard was the UK patent holder for the daguerreotype process.

Assessments

Provenance

Title

Elizabeth Beard nee Branscombe 1795 - 1889

Image description

A seated mature lady. Her arm is leaning on a large book which rests on a table.

Subject name

Beard, Elizabeth (b. Branscombe)

Inscription

Elizabeth Beard nee Branscombe 1795 - 1889' on paper label. '5396 21' on plate verso in ink. Case stamped with 'Beard's Photographic Institutions 85 King William Street, 34 Parliament St. and the Royal Polytechnic Institution London also at 34 Church St Liverpool' partially covered by the paper label.

Keyword technique

daguerreotype

links

Stereo plates

Window size

Height: 51 mm / 2.01 inch
Width: 38 mm / 1.5 inch

Housing size

Height: 84 mm / 3.31 inch
Width: 72 mm / 2.83 inch

Window shape

Oval

Housing shape

Rectangle

Collection

Identifier: Private collection, United Kingdom V

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

texture

Spacing paper

Painted: No
Texture: No
Present: Unknown

Painted

Unknown

Case

Material

Wood and leather

Shape

Rectangle

Parts

Cover and tray

Material decoration

Grainy; Grooves

Material colour

Dark green

Hinges

Material: Leather

Closure mechanism

Hook & eyelet

Cushion material

Velvet

Cushion color

Red

Cushion decoration

None

Tray retrainer material

Velvet

Tray retrainer color

Red

Clasps number

Interior tray retainer present

Unknown

Rails present

Unknown

Cover

Cushion present

Unknown

Retainer

Present: Unknown

Insert

Present: Unknown

Rails

Present: Unknown
Decoration present: Unknown

Metal foil preserver present

Binding

Frame

Finishing paper

Backing

Label annotations

Paper label 'Elizabeth Beard nee Branscombe 1795 - 1889', case stamped with 'Beard's Photographic Institutions 85 King William Street, 34 Parliament St. and the Royal Polytechnic Institution London also at 34 Church St Liverpool' partially covered by the paper label.

Recessed

Unknown

Access panel present

Unknown

Hanging system

Present: Unknown

Finishing paper

Unknown

Cover glass

Present: Yes
Painted: No
Strass: Unknown
Decoration: None

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Plate

Surface

Goldtoning present: Unknown
Coating present: Unknown
Applied coloring present: Unknown

Securing

Securing retained by housing: Unknown

Shape

Rectangle

Material

Silvered copper

Backplate surface

Copper

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Hallmark

No plate-mark information available for this record

Gallery

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Before conservation

Recto
Verso

During conservation