Daguerreotype: AM_F_31759 1840-1860

  • Collection: Estonian History Museum, Estonia i
  • Language: English
  • Type: European
  • Deeplink: http://daguerreobase.org/en/type/a4ee140b-56af-244d-ee46-3608a424c4d9 RDF Logo

Summary

Summary

Identification
AM_F_31759
Dated
Source
Unknown
Begin
1840
End
1860
Image description
Portrait of a group, presumably a family: two middle-aged adults (a man and a woman) seated and two young ladies standing. The man wears a white shirt, dark jacket and dark cravat. The young lady, standing to his right is holding his hand. She wears a dark dress with white stripes. There is a fine dark chain around her neck and a ring on her finger. The smiling middle-aged woman is sitting to his right. She wears a decorative lace-edged bonnet, a dark dress with white lace collar and lace cuffs or under-sleeves. The other young lady to her right wears a dark dress and a fine chain around her neck. The image has a plain background.
Tags
portrait; family; portrait; group; plain background; smiling; ring; bonnet; cravat; chain; collar; cuffs; dress

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Object

Object

Identification
AM_F_31759
Dated
Source
Unknown
Begin
1840
End
1860
Number of plates
1
Assessments
Provenance
Image description
Portrait of a group, presumably a family: two middle-aged adults (a man and a woman) seated and two young ladies standing. The man wears a white shirt, dark jacket and dark cravat. The young lady, standing to his right is holding his hand. She wears a dark dress with white stripes. There is a fine dark chain around her neck and a ring on her finger. The smiling middle-aged woman is sitting to his right. She wears a decorative lace-edged bonnet, a dark dress with white lace collar and lace cuffs or under-sleeves. The other young lady to her right wears a dark dress and a fine chain around her neck. The image has a plain background.
Subject name
Keyword technique
daguerreotype
links
Stereo plates
No
Window size
Height
95 mm / 3.74 inch
Width
132 mm / 5.2 inch
Housing size
Height
168 mm / 6.61 inch
Width
207 mm / 8.15 inch
Depth
8 mm / 0.31 inch
Window shape
Octagon
Housing shape
Rectangle
Collection
Identifier
Estonian History Museum, Estonia
Description
Estonian History Museum (Eesti Ajaloomuuseum) – Pirita tee 56, 10127 Tallinn, Estonia. Phone +372 6869654, E-mail post@ajaloomuuseum.ee. The photographic collection of the Estonian History Museum includes negatives and prints, ambrotypes, autochromes and other techniques of photographic reproduction. The true rarities of the collection are its five daguerreotypes as well as the collection of salted paper prints dating from the mid-19th century.
Assessment
Previous altering
Yes
Treated
No
Frame
Changed
Housing
Changed
Remarks
Resealed in 2005, new cover glass and binding.
Signs
Resealed; Severe abrasion

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Housing

Housing

Mat
Material
Paper
Color
Black
Decoration texture
Bronze paint pattern
Decoration type
Leaves; Ornaments
Window edge type
Cut
Top mat color
Black; Gold
Decoration design
floral design
Spacing paper
Painted
No
Texture
No
Present
No
Painted
No
Case
Rails decoration remarks
Cover
Rails
Decoration remarks
Binding
Color
White
Material
Paper
Mat active
No
Frame
Material
Paper
Style
Rectangle
Finishing paper
Color
White
Backing
description
Resealed in 2005, new cover glass and binding.
Recessed
No
Access panel present
No
Hanging system
Present
No
Cover glass
Present
Yes
Painted
No
Strass
No

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Plate

Plate

Polishing lines
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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