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Daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits.

Catalogue reference: Photo 923

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Reference
Photo 923
Title
Daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits.
Date
1850s
Description

Collection three daguerreotypes and one ambrotype. Only one of the sitters is identified (no. 1). Process = Daguerreotypes, ambrotypes. Photographers = Newland (Calcutta), John Edwin Mayall (London);.

Held by
British Library: Asian and African Studies
Language
Not applicable
Physical description
4 items
Access conditions

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Immediate source of acquisition
Purchased, December 1994.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/7004dc66-a88c-49a0-b1c3-190872481bd7/

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Daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits.