Daguerreotype

Description

1/4 plate tinted daguerreotype, depicting two women, right-hand portrait deliberately defaced, photographed by Ross and Thomson of Edinburgh, 1847 - 1860

Museum reference

T.1981.65

Collection

History of Science

Object name

Daguerreotype

Production information

Ross & Thomson, Photographer
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1847 - 1860

Exhibitions

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