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Beard Patentees
Mr. R.H. Alexander, 1840s; portrait of a girl, 1840s
Two ninth-plate daguerreotypes: the first mounted as oval, decorative gilt surround stamped Beard Patentee, within black papier-mâchaee frame, photographer's printed credit label Beard's Patent Photographic Likenesses taken at the Photographic Rooms, Horticultural Gardens...Bristol on verso, the label inscribed Mr. R.H. Alexander in ink, gilt metal hanging ring with bow and ribbon crest stamped Beard Patentee; the second in gilt mount stamped Beard Patentee, in folding morocco case (2)
Mr. R.H. Alexander, 1840s; portrait of a girl, 1840s
Two ninth-plate daguerreotypes: the first mounted as oval, decorative gilt surround stamped Beard Patentee, within black papier-mâchaee frame, photographer's printed credit label Beard's Patent Photographic Likenesses taken at the Photographic Rooms, Horticultural Gardens...Bristol on verso, the label inscribed Mr. R.H. Alexander in ink, gilt metal hanging ring with bow and ribbon crest stamped Beard Patentee; the second in gilt mount stamped Beard Patentee, in folding morocco case (2)