Daguerreotype
Category
Photographs
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, Leather, Velvet, Glass, Gilt
Measurements
74 x 62 x 15 mm
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 997444
Summary
Hand-coloured Daguerreotype of a young girl in a blue dress and cape, seated on a cushion; held inside a hinged wood and burgundy tooled leather case lined with claret-coloured velvet that is impressed with a diamond pattern. The image is mounted in an oval frame with gilded decoration.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust with the family collection of Lacock Abbey contents in situ from Mrs. Petronella Burnett-Brown in December 2009.