Enhanced Daguerreotype Of A Child Circa 1850

Finely colored daguerreotype of a full-length child leaning on a pedestal table covered in damask fabric. In its period frame of blackened wood set with a brass ribbon. - Image 5.5 x 7 cm - Frame 11 x 15 cm The daguerreotype is the first photographic process developed by Nicéphore Niépce then Louis Daguerre and offered to the whole world (except the United Kingdom) by France in 1839. It is both a negative and a positive, hence this characteristic mirror effect. In the 19th century, they were also poetically called "mirrors that remember". Given the cost and technical difficulties, it was only used for about ten years in France and was replaced by other processes. However, there are late daguerreotypes, particularly American or Anglo-Saxon. Link on our site https://www.lavalisearlesienne.com/product-page/daguerr%C3%A9otype-rehauss%C3%A9-d-une-enfant-circa-1850