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| Keywords: Horatioross.jpg Self-portrait of Horatio Ross about 1850 V A Museum no 242-1946 Techniques - Daguerreotype Place - Scotland Dimensions - Height 13 1 cm with frame Width 10 8 cm Depth 0 7 cm Object Type - Daguerreotypes an early type of photograph on a silvered copper plate were usually protected by glass and sometimes kept in leather or thick plastic cases because the highly polished surface is easily scratched The image is a unique positive made directly onto the plate without a negative as in other forms of photography Many daguerreotype photographers replaced miniature painters as makers of portraits as the process was quicker and less expensive Ownership Use - Daguerreotypes were not made primarily for public display in exhibitions Such small and intimate photographs were generally produced as private keepsakes and often remained within the family People - Horatio Ross 1801-1886 took up photography in 1845 although he is also remembered as one of the 19th century's finest sportsmen He was best known for steeplechasing a form of horse racing and as a marksman Ross and his sons represented Scotland in the National Rifle Association championships in 1863 http //collections vam ac uk/item/O77492/photograph-self-portrait-of-horatio-ross/ 1850 Daguerreotype Horatio Ross<br> Uploaded photo with frame VAwebteam wikipedia en PD-old-auto 1886 GFDL relicense PermissionOTRS https //secure wikimedia org/otrs/index pl Action AgentTicketZoom TicketID 1332999 Original upload log en wikipedia Quadell CommonsHelper en wikipedia Horatioross jpg 2008-01-02 15 32 VAwebteam 494×617× 29073 bytes <nowiki>Self-portrait of Horatio Ross about 1850 V A Museum no 242-1946 Techniques - Daguerreotype Place - Scotland Dimensions - Height 13 1 cm with frame Width 10 8 cm Depth 0 7 cm Object Type - Daguerreotypes an early type of photograph on a silvered</nowiki> Photographs in the Victoria and Albert Museum Horatio Ross Daguerreotype portraits 1850 in Scotland | ||||
