Daguerreotype

Description

1/4 plate daguerreotype, depicting George R. Gliddon (1809 - 1857), cased with visiting card, by Matthew Brady of New York, 1853 - 1854

Museum reference

T.2023.44.2.11

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Daguerreotype

Production information

Brady, Matthew B., 1822 - 1896, Photographer
New York City, New York, USA, North America

Date

1853 - 1854

Materials

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

Physical description

1/4 plate daguerreotype, velvet, metal

Associations

Depicted: Gliddon, George Robbins, 1809 - 1857
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.