Daguerreotype: EKLA_A-12-2 1853

  • Collection: Estonian Literary Museum, Estonia i
  • Language: English
  • Type: European
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Summary

Summary

Identification
EKLA_A-12-2
Dated
Source
date of birth
Begin
1853
Image description
Three quarter length portrait of a family: Estonian writer Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald's wife Marie Elisabeth (1805-1888, former Saedler) and their two children, daughter Adelheid Anette (1834-1896, later Blumberg) and son Friedrich Alexis (1845-1910). The woman is sitting to the left, wearing a dark long sleeved dress, a pale lace-edged bonnet and a wedding ring. Her hands rest in her lap together. Her daugther is standing behind to her left, resting her hand on mother's right shoulder. She wears a dark long sleeved dress and a thin chain around her neck. The boy is sitting on a wooden chair to the right, resting his hands in his lap together. He wears a dark jacket and white collar is visible beneath the jacket. Part of the wooden back of his chair is also visible. The image has a plain background.
Tags
family; chair; bonnet; dress; plain background; ring; tartu

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Object

Object

Identification
EKLA_A-12-2
Dated
Source
date of birth
Begin
1853
Number of plates
1
Assessments
Provenance
Image description
Three quarter length portrait of a family: Estonian writer Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald's wife Marie Elisabeth (1805-1888, former Saedler) and their two children, daughter Adelheid Anette (1834-1896, later Blumberg) and son Friedrich Alexis (1845-1910). The woman is sitting to the left, wearing a dark long sleeved dress, a pale lace-edged bonnet and a wedding ring. Her hands rest in her lap together. Her daugther is standing behind to her left, resting her hand on mother's right shoulder. She wears a dark long sleeved dress and a thin chain around her neck. The boy is sitting on a wooden chair to the right, resting his hands in his lap together. He wears a dark jacket and white collar is visible beneath the jacket. Part of the wooden back of his chair is also visible. The image has a plain background.
Subject name
Kreutzwald, Marie Elisabeth; Kreutzwald, Adelheid Annette; Friedrich Alexis Kreutzwald
Inscription
"Portraits. Daguerreotyp de Robert Borchardt"
Keyword technique
daguerreotype
links
Stereo plates
No
Window size
Height
64 mm / 2.52 inch
Width
56 mm / 2.2 inch
Housing size
Height
111 mm / 4.37 inch
Width
95 mm / 3.74 inch
Depth
6 mm / 0.24 inch
Window shape
Rectangle
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.
Creator
Name
Borchardt, Robert
notes
Portraits Daguerreotyp de Robert Borchardt
nationality
Germany
Assessment
Previous altering
Yes
Treated
Unknown
Frame
Changed
Housing
Changed
Remarks
Original cover glass and binding missing, resealed with two new glass plates (back and front, attached with tape).

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Housing

Housing

Mat
Material
Cardboard
Color
Light brown
Window edge type
Cut
Top mat color
Light brown
Spacing paper
Color
Black
Painted
No
Texture
No
Present
Yes
Case
Rails decoration remarks
Cover
Rails
Decoration remarks
Binding
Color
Black
Material
Paper
Assembly
Glue
Mat active
No
Frame
Material
Cardboard with paper covering
Style
Rectangle
Ribbon material
Missing
Decoration style
Bas relief
Mounting
Type
Hanging
Attached to
Frame backing
Finishing paper
Color
Brown
Design
Marble
Backing
Material
Paper
Assembly
Glue
acces_panel_lock
Paper
Label annotations
"Portraits. Daguerreotyp. Robert Borchardt"
Recessed
Yes
Access panel present
Yes
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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