File:Daguerreotype portrait of a man dated 1 September 1849 (14025487574).jpg

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I have a thing about trying to find early, dated images, and I bought this image blind (placing an online absentee bid) from a north of England auction house. Thankfully it turned out to be a nice one!

It's a 1/6th plate daguerreotype of a fine looking gent and has what appears to be a genuine, contemporary hand-written note affixed which states "1st Sept. 1849". Aside from that, there are no photographers marks or any other indication as to the sitter or location.

The white specs appear to be on the underside of the cover glass but are severely exaggerated by the side lighting I use for digitising daguerreotypes. I'll try to get a better version, or failing that I may well disassemble and clean up the glass as it appears to have been resealed anyway.
Source Daguerreotype portrait of a man dated 1 September 1849
Author whatsthatpicture from Hanwell, London, UK

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by whatsthatpicture at https://www.flickr.com/photos/24469639@N00/14025487574. It was reviewed on 3 October 2014 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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