Madame Blot
Photograph

Jean-Baptiste Sabatier-Blot

Maker
French, 1801–1881

Madame Blot

ca. 1843
Daguerreotype
Image (oval): 3 11/16 × 2 11/16 in. (9.3 × 6.9 cm)
Overall (1/2 plate): 5 7/8 × 4 7/8 × 3/16 in. (15 × 12.4 × 0.5 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1969.0265.0124
Inscriptions Inscribed in ink (Cromer's hand) on label, verso, T / B: Collection photographique / de Gab. Cromer
Inscribed in ink (Cromer's hand) on label, verso, C: Portrait en daguerréotype \ par Sabatier-Blot \ Sa belle-mère, \ Mme Blot.
Inscribed in ink, (Cromer's hand) on green backing paper, verso, C: (1843, d'après celui daté \ ou Mme Blot est avec \ sa petite fille [probably 1976:0168:0028])
Inscribed in ink (Cromer's hand) on green backing paper, verso, B: plaque épaisse, non biseautée.
[Translation: Photographic Collection of Gab. Cromer. Daguerreotype portrait by Sabatier-Blot \ His mother-in-law. Madame Blot / (1843, judging from dated other \ where Madame Blot is with \ her grand-daughter [probably 1976:0168:0028]) / thick plate, not beveled.]
Inscribed in pencil, binding tape, verso, BR: 10D-370
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