Daguerreotype (under Richard Beard patent) - portrait of unidentified woman

Daguerreotype portrait of unidentified woman wearing bonnet. Set in deep burgundy leather case with burgundy velvet liner on underside of hinged top lid, retained by two small brass clasps. Gilt frame embossed with: "Beard Patentee" (Richard Beard).

[c1845]

1 file Case dimensions: 90 x 75mm. Image: 55 x 45mm.

Found [c1980s] in the office of Nick Godman, Records Manager, together with various pharmaceutical prize medals in the name of Frederic William Gamble (for which see WF/M/Obj/06).