Daguerreotype Photographs, Broach Family
Object number2006.016.80.1-4
DateUnknown Date
MediumWood, Glass, Velvet
Dimensions6 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 1/4 in. (16.5 x 9.5 x 0.6 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
1. Two children
2. Mother and baby (glass is broken and there is a lock of hair)
3. Dr. CA Broach as a young boy
4. Tea roses from Clinton to Catherine Broach plucked from her mother's rose garden in Camden, AR on the day of their engagement in 1866.
The daguerreotype is a photograph that uses a polished, silver plated sheet of metal for the image. The image can best be seen when held at an angle. It was the first photograph to be commercially successful. The images are fragile and can be easily rubbed off. This photographic process was developed by Louis Deguerre and Joseph Nicephore Niepce.
Status
Not on viewCollections
