Unidentified seated young man

Description

1/8 plate tinted daguerreotype, depicting a seated young man, in an oval case gold-embossed with a Royal Warrant, by Antoine Claudet of London, 1855 - 1867

Museum reference

T.2023.44.2.6

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Daguerreotype

Production information

Claudet, Antoine François Jean, 1797 - 1867, Photographer
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

1855 - 1867

Materials

Copper, silver-plated, iodised, Chloride of bromide, Sodium thiosulphate, Metal, Velvet

Physical description

1/8 plate tinted daguerreotype, cased

Associations

Howarth-Loomes Collection

Exhibitions

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

Credit

The Bernard Howarth-Loomes Collection. Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by H M Government from the estate of Ethel Alma Howarth-Loomes and allocated to National Museums Scotland, 2023.