Daguerreotype

Description

1/6 plate daguerreotype, depicting a seated woman in a bonnet, in a case, by James Howie of Edinburgh, 12 September 1848

Museum reference

T.2023.44.2.12

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Daguerreotype

Production information

Howie, James, 1791-1858, Maker

Date

1848

Materials

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

Physical description

1/6 plate daguerreotype, metal

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.