item details
NameSeated couple
ProductionUnknown; photography studio; 1850s
Classificationambrotypes, direct positives, portraits
Materialsglass, silver, collodion, photographic plates, thermoplastic, metal
Materials SummaryBlack and white photograph, ¼ plate ambrotype
Techniquesblack-and-white photography, wet collodion process, ambrotype
DimensionsClosed: 95mm (width), 116mm (height), 27mm (depth)
Registration NumberO.021079
Credit linePurchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds
Overview
Ambrotype study in a Critchlow daguerreotype (Union) case ( last patent date shown April 21 1857). Case somewhat distorted.