A bearded Victorian man in profile.
Category
Photographs
Date
1854 - 1870
Materials
Glass, Leatherette or leather, Velvet, Wood, Brass
Measurements
50 x 45 x 14 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522406
Summary
A hand-tinted relievo ambrotype one-sixteenth-plate image depicting a head and shoulders portrait of a bearded Victorian man in profile. The image is set in a lidded wooden case covered in maroon leather/leatherette and lined with maroon velvet. The case hinges with leather and has a brass clasp. The interior edges of the case where the leather/leatherette wraps round each side has a simple painted gold line. It is set under glass, beneath which is a decorative oval brass mat. There is an ornate brass preserver. Condition/deterioration: The right hand side of the brass preserver is missing. There is mould on the brass mat beneath the glass.
Provenance
Donated on 11 July 2017 to the Fox Talbot Museum by Mr G. Stamp, London.