Daguerreotype

Description

1/6 plate tinted daguerreotype, depicting a seated woman leaning on a side table, in a case gold-embossed with a self-styled royal appointment, by William Kilburn of London, 1852 - 1855

Museum reference

T.2023.44.2.16

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Daguerreotype

Production information

Kilburn, William Edward D., 1818 - 1891, Photographer
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

1852 - 1855

Materials

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

Physical description

1/6 plate tinted 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.