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Image Number: 
JRL17114915
Reference Number: 
VPH.3.2
Image Title: 
Uncle Thomas Leach
Creator: 
Beard, Richard, 1801 - 1885
Creator Role: 
Photographer
Date Created: 
c1840s
Description: 
Quarter-plate daguerreotype. A full length photographic portrait of a man identified as Uncle Thomas Leach, which has been produced as a direct positive image on a silver coated copper plate. The photograph is mounted in its original ormolu papier-mâché frame with original gilt mount
Keyword: 
Photography; Daguerreotypes; Portraits; Victorian.
Subject: 
Photography--History--19th century
Category of Material: 
Photography
Sub-Category: 
Analogue photography
Sub-Category: 
Portraits
Technique Used: 
Daguerreotype (process)
Support: 
Copper sheet plated with silver
Creation Site: 
England: London
Time Period Covered: 
19th Century CE
Item Height: 
125 mm
Item Width: 
100 mm
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights Holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2017-11-29
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2017-12
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB