Glimpse Through Time, 1/4th-Plate Daguerreotype, Circa 1850

This sad, proud widow peers at us through what seems to be a hole in time. This is before conservation by Casey Waters. Here she is after that process: www.flickr.com/photos/60861613@N00/14155000700/.

 

The plate has the hallmark "40," and nothing else. That number indicates that the plate is 1 part silver to 39 parts copper.

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