Unidentified seated gentleman

Description

1/6 plate tinted daguerreotype, depicting a seated man holding an open book, mounted, by John William Newland of Calcutta, 1850 - 1857

Museum reference

T.2023.44.2.25

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Daguerreotype

Production information

Newland, John William, 1850 (fl.) - 1857 (d.), Photographer
Calcutta, Bengal, India, South Asia

Date

1850 - 1857

Materials

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

Physical description

1/6 plate tinted daguerreotype

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.