1840s-1860s Hand Tinted Post-Mortem Daguerreotype Vanity store it in a box

store it in a box and keep it out of direct sunlight

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Czechoslovakia in 1905

1840s-1860s Hand Tinted Post-Mortem Daguerreotype Vanity store it in a boxInvented in 1839 by Louis Daguerre, daguerreotypes were the favorite form of printed portraits throughout the 1840s and 1850s. Daguerreotypes are silver plated copper, almost mirror like plates, that are painted with light sensitive chemicals. After an image is exposed on a plate it is treated with mercury to reveal the image. It is then fixed to remove its light sensitivity and often sealed behind glass in a union frame or brooch to protect it.