Unidentified seated man

Description

1/6 plate tinted daguerreotype, depicting a seated man, mounted, by James P. Weston of New York, 1848 - 1852

Museum reference

T.2023.44.2.26

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Daguerreotype

Production information

Weston, James P., 1848 - 1852 (fl.), Photographer
New York City, New York, USA, North America

Materials

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

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.