A husband and wife are seated facing forward and holding hands. The wife wears a frilled white lace day cap and lace under sleeves, long gold chatelaine chain, and black bracelets on either wrist. Seated before a cloth backdrop.
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Daguerreotype
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Thiery
Role
Photographer
Studio
Place de la Bastille, Paris
Date made
circa 1850
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Label
Location
Verso
Transcription
Daguerreotype et Photographie / par / Thiery / Artiste photographe et professeur. / Place de la Bastille, / A Rentrée du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, No 7. / Paris.—Imp. Vert Freres
Language
French
Translation
Daguerreotype and Photography by THIERY, Artist and Professor, Place de la Bastille, Paris
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Framed dimensions
Height
8-3/4 in
Width
8 in
Depth
3/4 in
Dimension Notes
Plate size: Half (Euro); 6 x 5 inches
Condition
Reason for Exam
Inventory
Date Examined
Oct 21, 2022
Examined By
Rosanna Hemerik
Notes
Black wood, gessoed rounded cornered frame with Passe partout white gold and faux tortoise mount; frame loss on verso at top left corner; plate/image tarnished, oxidation, light brown opaque staining on outer edge
