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Richard Dadd

Photograph
c. 1840s (photographed)
Place of origin

Daguerreotype of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a man with his right hand raised, wearing a black jacket, waistcoat and cravat. This daguerreotype is in a gold-coloured mount with a rectangular window. This is glazed in a pinchbeck case.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleRichard Dadd (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Daguerreotype in a wooden case.
Brief description
Photograph by an unknown photographer, Portrait of Richard Dadd, daguerreotype, c. 1840s.
Physical description
Daguerreotype of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a man with his right hand raised, wearing a black jacket, waistcoat and cravat. This daguerreotype is in a gold-coloured mount with a rectangular window. This is glazed in a pinchbeck case.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 53mm
  • Image width: 41mm
  • Case height: 65mm
  • Case width: 52mm
  • Case (closed) depth: 7mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Green sticker with '52' stuck on the verso of the case.)
  • R C Dadd artist (Scratched into the verso of the case.)
  • Richard Dadd / [1845] (Handwritten on verso of case, very faded and largely illegible.)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Subject depicted
Associated object
PROV.6628-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRG1071 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/28223 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • C7/D7 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • Cat no. 52 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 93 - Royal Photographic Society number
Collection
Accession number
RPS.538-2017

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Record createdJuly 4, 2017
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