Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
The Mint, Paris
Primary Maker
Place
Date
Circa 1841
Physical Description
75 mm. x 65 mm. (image)
150 mm. x 125 mm. (plate)
165 mm. x 140 mm. (case)
Level of Current Record
Single Item
Related Object Notes
Mackelvie
Media
Technique
Provenance Details
From the Stokes Collection sold in 1854.
Public Access Text
Unreversed daguerreotype (ie a mirror image) and therefore early, but unlikely to date to the invention of the process in 1839.
The Bisson brothers started in 1841. Bisson's name was found on the copper plate upon close inspection.
Mackelvie Collection Catalogue (1885) Item 271
Mackelvie Collection Catalogue (1885) Item 836
Catalogue attributed it to Louis Daguerre and gave the year 1839.
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
Credit Line
Mackelvie Trustees, 21/11/1932
Last Update
11 May 2023
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