Daguerreotype

Description

1/4 plate tinted daguerreotype, depicting Shah Jahan, daughter of and successor to Sikander Jahan, Begum of Bhopal State, India, framed, 1860

Museum reference

T.1961.14

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Daguerreotype

Production information

Bhopal, India, South Asia

Date

1860

Associations

Depicted: Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal, 1838 - 1901
Bhopal, India, South Asia

Exhibitions

• Photography: A Victorian Sensation (19 Jun 2015 - 22 Nov 2015)
  National Museum of Scotland