Daguerreotype

Weeping ladies. 1880s

As Easter is traditionally a time for bonnets I though I'd dedicate this post to bonnets of one of my favourite eras - the 1850s. Sometimes it can be difficult to know how to trim a blank bonnet form, so these images focus on the details of bonnet decoration from original items, photographs and fashion plates. Enjoy! :) Corduroy Bonnet - Henry Ford Collection Satin Beauty - Mirror Image Gallery Silk Taffeta late 1850s - LACMA c.1850 - Mirror Image Gallery Petersons Magazine 1855 1850s drawn…

Portrait d'enfant sur un cheval à bascule. Photographie Mace & Mase, Cromer, ( Norfolk), Angleterre, Royaume Uni circa 1900

Accession Number: 1966:0039:0003 Maker: Unidentified Title: Unidentified African American Woman Wearing White Gloves Date: ca. 1855 Medium: daguerreotype with applied color Dimensions: 8.2 x 7.0 cm., 1/6 plate George Eastman House Collection General – information about the George Eastman House Photography Collection is available at www.eastmanhouse.org/inc/collections/photography.php. For information on obtaining reproductions go to: www.eastmanhouse.org/flickr/index.php?pid=196600390003.

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1/6 plate daguerreotype of a mother with her six daughters. The scene seems to be illuminated by natural light coming from a window just visible at left - the white area at right is possibly a 'reflector' placed so as to diffuse the light coming from opposite more evenly across the subjects.

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Petit garçon sur un attelage à cheval. Photographie H. Weissbach. 54 Mariahilferstrasse. Wien ( Vienne), Autriche circa 1890