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Image Number: 
JRL17114898
Reference Number: 
VPH.30
Image Title: 
Portrait of Catherine Hannah Dunkerley
Creator: 
Unknown
Creator Role: 
Photographer
Date Created: 
c1850s
Description: 
A daguerreotype portrait of Catherine Hannah Dunkerley set in a case. Catherine is sat at a table, she is posed with one hand touching her face and with a book in her other hand, resting on her lap. She wears a dark coloured moire (water silk) dress, with lace collar and cuffs; there are bracelets on each of her wrists and her hair is parted in the centre and pinned to cover her ears. The case has a burgundy velvet surround to the image and has burgundy silk lining the case facing the daguerreotype.
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
Time Period Covered: 
19th Century CE
Item Height: 
117 mm
Item Width: 
92 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