Ambrotype with the portrait of a lady - 2nd half of the 19th century - Verso ins…

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Ambrotype with the portrait of a lady - 2nd half of the 19th century - Verso inscribed as "Anna Jorre, geb. Thörl / 5.8.1852 - 1.8.1915 / verh. m. Ernst Heinr. Ernst Heinr. Jorre / 12.8.1840 - 1917 / Hbg.". Visible dimensions 15 x 11 cm, in passepartout and under glass in brass frame, overall approx. 27.5 x 23 cm (oval). - The ambrotype is a photographic direct positive process, produced using the wet collodion process, which was used between 1852 and 1890 and was primarily used as an inexpensive replacement for the daguerreotype.

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Ambrotype with the portrait of a lady - 2nd half of the 19th

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J. MEYER (1655-1712), Portrait. Lady with feather plaster, Johannes Meyer jun. (1655 Zurich - 1712 ibid.): Portrait of a lady looking up with feather finery, bust in three-quarter profile to the left, , Etching Technique: Etching on Paper, mounted on Paper (blue) Date: Description: Bust portrait of an elegant lady with an elaborate headdress and shawl decorated with feathers. Keywords: Feather, Fashion, 17th century, Baroque, Portraits, Switzerland, Size: Paper: 8,3 cm x 7,1 cm (3,3 x 2,8 in) Condition: Rather good condition. Discoloured in the corners of the sheet due to the old mounting. The sheet edges narrowly trimmed. Overall somewhat creased.

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