Maria Laisné
Photograph
Maria Laisné
1852
Daguerreotype
Image (diameter): 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm)
Overall (1/6 plate): 4 5/8 × 4 5/8 × 1/2 in. (11.7 × 11.7 × 1.3 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
1976.0168.0022
Inscriptions Inscribed in ink (Cromer's hand) on backing paper, verso, TC: Joli cadre \ en pâte de "poudre \ d'écaille" moulée. \ -- \ Bel éclairage à 45°, \ précurseur des \ éclairages ultérieurs.
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on backing paper, verso, C: 1852
[Translation: Pretty frame in paste of molded "shell powder". Beautiful lighting at 45°, precursor of later lighting.]
Inscribed in pencil (Cromer's hand) on backing paper, verso, C: 1852
[Translation: Pretty frame in paste of molded "shell powder". Beautiful lighting at 45°, precursor of later lighting.]
