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Description
Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: decorative nonpareil. Preserver: decorative. Type: case. Motif: floral, book style. Material: papier-mache with mother-of-pearl inlays. Dimensions: 4 x 3 ½ in. Pad: embossed red velvet. DAGUERREOTYPE-V: CANTUA, JUAN IGNACIA C Negatives, No.24,093a-i (4x5 in.) B/W, color, and color transparencies. Copy prints available for viewing filed in the Portrait File under "Cantua, Juan Ignacia"; accession numbers 1994-0093 through 1994-0098. Also have photograph of Cantua as an old man, accession number 2000-0241.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; sixth plate, visible image 2 1/2 x 2 in.
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