Daguerreotype

Description

1/6 plate tinted daguerreotype, depicting a young lady 'Catherine Claasen, Glasgow, 22nd August 1856', in an embossed leather case, by Cornelius Jabez Hughes of Glasgow, 1856

Museum reference

H.OE 288

Object name

Daguerreotype

Production information

Hughes, Cornelius Jabez, 1819 - 1884, Photographer
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1856

Materials

Glass, Copper, plate, Silver, coat, Leather

Physical description

Daguerreotype on glass, embossed hinged leather;

Associations

Depicted: Catherine Claasen
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

• Photography: A Victorian Sensation (19 Jun 2015 - 22 Nov 2015)
  National Museum of Scotland