Daguerreotype: Plate 14

Collection: Private collection, France
Language: English
Type: European
Deeplink: http://daguerreobase.org/en/type/deedadfc-e8ef-f9f4-df2b-a43c3e0de8c0

Summary

Identification: Plate 14
Image description: Portrait of a seated woman resting one arm on a table. She is facing square onto the camera. One hand holds a partially open book. She wears a very tall hat traditional in Normandy and Brittany.
Tags: portrait; woman; tablecloth; plain backdrop; dress; hat; book; jewelry; hand coloured

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Object

Identification

Plate 14

Number of plates

Image description

Portrait of a seated woman resting one arm on a table. She is facing square onto the camera. One hand holds a partially open book. She wears a very tall hat traditional in Normandy and Brittany.

Subject name

Keyword technique

daguerreotype

links

Stereo plates

Window size

Height: 113 mm / 4.45 inch
Width: 85 mm / 3.35 inch

Housing size

Height: 206 mm / 8.11 inch
Width: 176 mm / 6.93 inch
Depth: 7 mm / 0.28 inch

Window shape

Oval

Housing shape

Rectangle

Collection

Identifier: Private collection, France

Assessment

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Housing

Mat

Material

Cardboard with paper covering

Color

Brown

Spacing paper

Painted: No
Texture: No

Case

Binding

Frame

Material: Velvet
Colour: Brown
Style: Rectangle

Finishing paper

Backing

Cover glass

Present: No
Painted: Unknown

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Plate

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Hallmark

No plate-mark information available for this record

Gallery

Rights on every image:: The Public Domain Mark (PDM)

Before conservation