Portrait of a Lady
Daguerreotype
1851 (photographed)
1851 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Kilburn opened a Daguerreotype studio in London in 1846. He advertised his portraits in the press stating that 'Thelikeness taken by the photographic process serves merely as a sketch for the miniature, which is painted by M. Mansion, whose productions on Ivory are so celebrated in Paris. They have when finished all the delicacy of an elaborate miniature, with the infallible accuracy of expression only obttainable by the photographic process.' Three hand-coloured Daguereotypes by Kilburn were shown at the Great Exhibition in 1851.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Portrait of a Lady (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Photograph, daguerreotype, hand tinted, cased, mounted, leather |
| Brief description | Cased photograph, daguerreotype full length portrait of a lady, William Edward Kilburn, London, c.1850 |
| Physical description | Portrait photograph in a plush-lined papier-mache case, embossed with the studio's name and the Royal arms. The portrait shows a young woman in a blue dress, three quarter-length. |
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| Style | |
| Production type | Unique |
| Historical context | Donor of this and other fine Daguerreotypes to the V&A in 1939 |
| Production | Reason For Production: Retail |
| Summary | Kilburn opened a Daguerreotype studio in London in 1846. He advertised his portraits in the press stating that 'Thelikeness taken by the photographic process serves merely as a sketch for the miniature, which is painted by M. Mansion, whose productions on Ivory are so celebrated in Paris. They have when finished all the delicacy of an elaborate miniature, with the infallible accuracy of expression only obttainable by the photographic process.' Three hand-coloured Daguereotypes by Kilburn were shown at the Great Exhibition in 1851. |
| Bibliographic reference | M. Haworth-Booth, Photography: An INdependent Art, V&A Publications/Princeton UP, 1997, pp.23,27 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 3-1939 |
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| Record created | February 11, 2004 |
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