[Man]
Photograph
[Man]
ca. 1848
Daguerreotype
Image (oval): 2 7/16 × 1 13/16 in. (6.2 × 4.6 cm)
Overall (1/2 plate): 6 1/16 × 5 1/16 × 3/16 in. (15.4 × 12.8 × 0.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
Inscriptions Inscribed in ink, verso, C: [partly covered by binding tape] [l]e Daguerréotype, debut \ de la photographie
Inscribed in ink (Cromer's hand) on verso, B: plaque épaisse, non biseautée \ le blanc, du passe-partout sous verre, est soluble. \ curieux filets rouges
[Translation: Early Daguerreotype / thick plate, not beveled / the white under the glass of the passe-partout is soluble / unusual red outlines.]
Oval stamp in ink, verso, C: GAVARD \ Breveté \ [à] Paris.
Inscribed in pencil, binding tape, verso, BR: 10D-373
Inscribed in ink (Cromer's hand) on verso, B: plaque épaisse, non biseautée \ le blanc, du passe-partout sous verre, est soluble. \ curieux filets rouges
[Translation: Early Daguerreotype / thick plate, not beveled / the white under the glass of the passe-partout is soluble / unusual red outlines.]
Oval stamp in ink, verso, C: GAVARD \ Breveté \ [à] Paris.
Inscribed in pencil, binding tape, verso, BR: 10D-373
