Jabez Hugues Portrait Of English Nobility Union Case C.1860 Painted Photograph

Colorized albumen print in its extremely rare leather Union Case with flapPortrait of English nobilitycirca 1860Cornelius Jabez HUGUES (1819-1884) began his photographic career in 1847 as an assistant in the studio of JJE Mayall in London. After a brief stint in Glasgow, he returned to London in 1855 to take over Mayall's studio. Hughes then built his own studio on the Isle of Wight, where he frequently photographed Queen Victoria. Towards the end of his life, he joined forces with his assistant, Gustav Mullins, to form a new partnership, Hughes & Mullins. Hughes was renowned both as a portrait photographer and as a writer on photography. The National Portrait Gallery in London holds some of his photographs.Union Case format 9x12 cmUnion Case format open 18x12 cmUnion caseThis is a case that protects the daguerreotype from any form of oxidation. It can be made of leather in Europe or of thermoplastic material, the result of the pressure of a mixture of wood fibers and shellac in a steel mold, many of which were produced in the USA, hence their generic name "Union Case". The originality of this Union Case lies in its extremely rare window opening. link on the site https://www.lavalisearlesienne.com/product-page/jabez-hugues-portrait-de-la-noblesse-anglaise-union-case-c-1860