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<p>[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 123330, member: 33"]Because the mat on yours is partly covered by the preserver, I can't completely see the design. There were three different designs depicted in the book I just consulted that could be it. All of them were dated in the 1860s, mostly towards the middle of the decade. So the mat could date anywhere from 1861-1867. It is most likely in the mid range of those dates. The preserver (which is the thin brass edge about the mat) dates from the 1860s for sure. The book is <i>Fixed in Time</i>, by Sean Nolan (2015).</p><p><br /></p><p>Another question I have, just to make sure, is whether the photo is really a daguerreotype. Was it difficult to get it at the right angle for the image to be visible? It might also be an ambrotype or a tintype. Daguerreotypes still were being made by the 1860s but were becoming a rare method, as ambrotypes and tintypes were much more prevalent and popular by then.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Figtree3, post: 123330, member: 33"]Because the mat on yours is partly covered by the preserver, I can't completely see the design. There were three different designs depicted in the book I just consulted that could be it. All of them were dated in the 1860s, mostly towards the middle of the decade. So the mat could date anywhere from 1861-1867. It is most likely in the mid range of those dates. The preserver (which is the thin brass edge about the mat) dates from the 1860s for sure. The book is [I]Fixed in Time[/I], by Sean Nolan (2015). Another question I have, just to make sure, is whether the photo is really a daguerreotype. Was it difficult to get it at the right angle for the image to be visible? It might also be an ambrotype or a tintype. Daguerreotypes still were being made by the 1860s but were becoming a rare method, as ambrotypes and tintypes were much more prevalent and popular by then.[/QUOTE]
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