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Daguerreotype by Claudet

Posted by James Morley on March 2, 2009 at 20:19
1/4 plate. Cased.Tentatively dated 1847-51Condition is poor (looks like someone has tried to clean it!) but amazing how you can scan and improve dags!Someone has suggested a likeness to John Ruskin,but Ruskin scholars have pretty much ruled this out. So who might the sitter be?Further photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/whatsthatpicture/tags/claudet/
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  • Janice Sturch-Williams October 30, 2009 21:56
    Fantastic image, it reminds me of the old Tin plates I have from Canada.
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