Untitled (Husband and Wife on Enamel)

Photograph

Dorros Photography Collection

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2022.376

Description

Colored photo fired on enamel of husband, reddish mustache and beard, hand Napoleonic, and wife with hair snood, gold pin and gold chain.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Enamel

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

M.Hauser

Role

Photographer

Date made

circa 1854

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

Verso

Language

French

Translation

Photograph method on enamel....after only 15 years, M.Hauser old student of Daguerre, and professor of photography, has found the means to make portraits on enamel......

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed dimensions

Height

9-1/2 in

Width

8 in

Depth

1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Plate size: 3/4 (Euro); approximately 6 x 5 inches

Condition

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Date Examined

Oct 23, 2022

Examined By

Jacqueline Cabrera

Notes

Frame: black covered wood wall frame, mat: passe-partout gold mat, black/gold line mount, abrasions with surface loss; glass: scratches, abrasions, losses, pitting, residues; plate/image: tarnished heavily.