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The Celebrated Earl Spencer

Photograph
1841 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Beard, Richard (photographer)
Place of origin
London (photographed)

Daguerreotype of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a man with light curly hair, wearing a buttoned-up jacket and a white shirt with a high collar. The sitter is identified by inscriptions on the case as the 'celebrated Earl Spencer'.
The daguerreotype is in a gold-coloured textured mount with an oval window and stamped with 'BEARD PATENTEE'. This is in a glazed pinchbeck case.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleThe Celebrated Earl Spencer (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Daguerreotype in a pinchbeck case
Copper
Glass
Metal
Daguerreotype
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by an unknown photographer (Beard Patentee), Portrait of the Celebrated Earl Spencer, daguerreotype, 1841.
Physical description
Daguerreotype of a head-and-shoulders portrait of a man with light curly hair, wearing a buttoned-up jacket and a white shirt with a high collar. The sitter is identified by inscriptions on the case as the 'celebrated Earl Spencer'.
The daguerreotype is in a gold-coloured textured mount with an oval window and stamped with 'BEARD PATENTEE'. This is in a glazed pinchbeck case.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 55mm
  • Image width: 43mm
  • Case height: 65mm
  • Case width: 53mm
  • Case depth: 6mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • The celebrated first / Earl Spencer / 1841 (Inscribed on the back of the case.)
  • Green sticker with '41' stuck on the back of the case. '32' scratched into the back of the case. 'RPS 2377', 'No 32', '1st Earl Spencer' and '1841' handwritten in black ink on the back of the case.
  • BEARD PATENTEE (Stamped on the mount, below the image.)
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.
Object history
Gift no. 2377.
Associated object
PROV.6578-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRG1021 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/28101 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • C7/D3 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • Cat no. 00D41 - RPS identifier - misc.
  • 32 - Royal Photographic Society number
  • 13080 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
  • Gift no. 2377 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.446-2017

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Record createdJune 13, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1397211/the-celebrated-earl-spencer-photograph-beard-richard/
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