Note that case may be wood and imitation leather, perhaps paper on wood.
Portrait of a seated man and a woman, a married couple. He wears his dark jacket unbuttoned revealing a dark silk waistcoat with gold watch-chain, white shirt and dark tie/cravat. He has dark hair, sideburns and a chin-beard and wears a gold ring on the little finger of his right hand. She has a paler dress with darker decorative strips up the bodice, butttoned at neck and waist but open in the middle to show a pale bloouse beneath. She has a lace collar with gold brooch, thin gold chain, lace cuffs, a ring on the first finger of her right hand. Jewellery in gold highlights, hand tinted.
man
jacket
waistcoat
cravat
woman
dress
lace collar
lace
ring
jewelry
chain
watch chain
brooch
hand-coloured
gold highlight
Crosby, Mr.
Crosby, Mrs.
f83e99b1-ca8f-1f0b-1f3e-4056a9401050
1990-5037_A.86
IMAGE
daguerreotype
en
Daguerreobase
National Media Museum, Bradford, United Kingdom
Museum Conservation Services
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