DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAIT FROM THE STUDIO OF RICHARD BEARD A fine and rare three-quarter profile of a lady, 1841-2, overall size app. 6.45cm, matted to an oval approx. 3.9 x 3.2cm, from the first daguerreotype portrait studio in London. Gernsheim's describes similar examples in his History of Photography (2nd ed. 1969) as, '…contained in little pinchbeck cases… the metal cases embossed on the back with the royal coat of arms (signifying the Royal Polytechnic Institution) and the name of the case-maker and the date of his patent: T. Wharton. No.791, 24 August 1841.'.
DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAIT FROM THE STUDIO OF RICHARD BEARD A fine and rare three-quarter profile of a lady, 1841-2, overall size app. 6.45cm, matted to an oval approx. 3.9 x 3.2cm, from the first daguerreotype portrait studio in London. Gernsheim's describes similar examples in his History of Photography (2nd ed. 1969) as, '…contained in little pinchbeck cases… the metal cases embossed on the back with the royal coat of arms (signifying the Royal Polytechnic Institution) and the name of the case-maker and the date of his patent: T. Wharton. No.791, 24 August 1841.'.
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