Description: |
The collection consists of twenty-one photographs by Antoine Claudet (French, 1797-1867, active in Great Britain). Item-level information follows.
964:0718:0001 -- Major Powell, circa 1860. Albumen print, 14.6 x 10.7 cm (oval). Title from inscription in unknown hand;
964:0753:0001 -- Portrait of a woman, 1858. Albumen print with applied color. Over-painting done by Edmund Thomas Parris (British, 1793-1873).
Daguerreotypes
964:0020:0017 -- Portrait of a man, circa 1843. Daguerreotype in case, 6.4 x 5.2 cm (sixth plate) (visible image); 8.8 x 7.6 cm (case);
964:0020:0018 -- Portrait of a woman, circa 1850. Daguerreotype with applied color in case, 7.8 x 6.6 cm (sixth plate) (visible image); 8.8 x 7.5 cm (case);
964:0020:0019 -- Portrait of a man in naval officer's uniform, 1859. Daguerreotype with applied color in case, 11.5 x 8.7 cm (half plate) (visible image); 15 x 12.5 cm (case);
964:0020:0020 -- Portrait of a woman, circa 1845. Daguerreotype in case, 6.6 x 4.8 cm (sixth plate) (visible image); 9 x 7.2 cm (case).
Stereo Daguerreotypes
964:0865:0001 -- The Geography Lesson, 1851. Daguerreotype (stereograph), 6.6 x 5.8 cm (sixth plate) (each image); 8.7 x 17.6 cm (overall dimensions);
964:0865:0002 -- Empty interior of the Great Exhibition, circa 1851. Daguerreotype (stereograph), 6.7 x 5.6 cm (sixth plate) (each image); 8.7 x 17.6 cm (overall dimensions);
964:0865:0003 -- Crystal Palace 1851 Exhibition, Transept looking North, 1851. Daguerreotype (stereograph), 6.8 x 5.6 cm (sixth plate) (each image); 8.4 x 17.4 cm (overall dimensions);
964:0865:0004 -- An Arrangement of Stuffed Birds at the Great Exhibition, 1851. Daguerreotype (stereograph), 6.7 x 5.5 cm (sixth plate) (each image); 8.6 x 17.4 cm (overall dimensions);
964:0865:0005 -- A Victorian Bust in Greek Style], 1851. Daguerreotype (stereograph), 6.8 x 5.5 cm (sixth plate) (each image); 8.6 x 17.5 cm (overall dimensions);
964:0865:0006 -- Great Exhibition 1851 Interior, 1851. Daguerreotype (stereograph), 4.8 x 5.6 cm (ninth plate) (each image); 8.2 x 17.7 cm (overall dimensions);
964:0865:0007 -- Statue of an Amazon by Kiss, 1851. Daguerreotype (stereograph), 5.9 x 4.6 cm (ninth plate) (each image); 8.6 x 17.3 cm (overall dimensions);
964:0865:0008 -- Venus at the Bath, 1851. Daguerreotype (stereograph), 6.5 x 5.6 cm (sixth plate) (each image); 8.4 x 17.2 cm (overall dimensions);
964:0865:0009 -- Diamond Ring presented to Claudet by Czar Nicholas, circa 1851. Daguerreotype (stereograph), 6.8 x 5.8 cm (sixth plate) (each image); 8.5 x 17.4 cm (overall dimensions);
964:0865:0011 -- Rev. Charles Vere Spencer, 1856. Daguerreotype (stereograph), 6.6 x 5.6 cm (sixth plate) (each image); 8.4 x 17.4 cm (overall dimensions); 8.9 x 18.7 cm (slipcase);
964:0865:0010 -- John A'Court Gray, Father of Emma Frederica Spencer, 1857. Daguerreotype (stereograph), 5.7 x 6.7 cm (sixth plate) (each image); 8.3 x 17.3 (overall dimensions); 9 x 18 cm (slipcase);
964:0865:0012 -- Bishop Spencer of Jamaica and daughter, Mrs. Harvey], circa 1850. Daguerreotype (stereograph), 6.7 x 5.7 cm (sixth plate) (each image); 8.3 x 17.3 cm (overall dimensions); 9.6 x 19 cm (case);
964:0865:0013 -- Mrs. Glanville & Harriet Spencer, 1857. Daguerreotype (stereograph), 6.7 x 5.7 cm (sixth plate) (each image); 8.4 x 17.4 cm (overall dimensions); 9 x 18 cm (slipcase);
964:0865:0014 -- An elaborately decorated room, circa 1855. Daguerreotype (stereograph), 6.5 x 5.6 cm (sixth plate) (each image); 8.2 x 17.4 cm (overall dimensions); 9 x 18 (slipcase);
964:0865:0015 -- Interior of Great Exhibition 1851, 1851. Daguerreotype (stereograph), 5.8 x 6.8 cm (sixth plate) (each image); 8.8 x 17.4 cm (overall dimensions). |
