Object number
68/271
Description
This is a daguerreotype which is an early type of photograph. It is supposed to be a portrait of Mr Binfield of Reading, a popular musician in the 1840s.
Physical description
1 daguerreotype: fair condition- badly faded
Archival history
MERL ‘Handwritten Catalogue’ form - ‘DAGUERROTYPE // DOMESTIC Furnishing pictures // Mrs Dodgson // Copper worked with silver, badly faded. Supposed to be a portrait of Mr Binfield of Reading, Musician 1840s. [pencil drawing]’
Production date
1840-01-01
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