Daguerreotype
D032
Size |
1/9 |
Early plate with Beard Patentee mat. Low in contrast and gray in
tone.
Tin tray behind the image. Signed "Barber" on the back. In
1841
Alfred
Barber was active as a photographer in
Nottingham.
He
had
previously
worked for Richard Beard, received a patent in
1841,
which he
then lost
again in
1843
after Beard sued him.
