Portrait of a Woman
Artist
Antoine Francois Claudet
(French, 1797-1867)
CultureFrench
Dateca. 1855
MediumTinted daguerreotype stereograph
DimensionsOverall, Support: 3 1/4 x 6 7/8 in. (8.3 x 17.5 cm)
Overall, Image: 2 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. (6.7 x 5.7 cm)
Overall, Image: 2 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. (6.7 x 5.7 cm)
InscribedBack label reads: "Under The Patronage of Her MaJesty/By Royal Letters Patent/Mr. Antoine Claudet/107 Regent Street/Daguerreotype Miniatures/Plain and Coloured Stereoscopic Daguerreotype Portraits"
Credit LineGift of Robert W. Lisle, M.D.
Object number91.101
On View
Not on viewLabel TextAntoine François Claudet French (1797-1867) Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1855 Tinted daguerreotype stereograph Gift of Dr. Robert W. Lisle 91.101 An innovator and champion of photography as an art form, Antoine François Claudet learned the daguerreotype process from its inventor Louis J. M. Daguerre. Claudet opened London's second daguerreotype studio and in 1853, became the official photographer to Queen Victoria. Credited as the inventor of the daguerreotype stereograph, Claudet is recognized for his exquisite hand-colored portraits. Claudet was a prolific writer on the technical problems and artistic attributes of photography. Edited By: GLY Edited Date: 11/07/2003Exhibition History"Photography Remembered: A Selective View from the Robert W. Lisle Collection," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., October 19, 1990 - January 13, 1991. "20/20: Fashion in Photography," The Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., September 23, 1999 - January 2, 2000. "Silver Images: The Photography Collection at 25," Alice R. and Sol B. Frank Photo Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, November 5, 2003 - August 2004. Published References_Photography Remembered: A Selective View from the Robert W. Lisle Collection_ (Norfolk, Va.: The Chrysler Museum, 1990), p. 41.
