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BAKER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY
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BAKER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY

Portrait of a gentleman

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BAKER'S PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY
Portrait of a gentleman
Quarter-plate daguerreotype. Late 1850s-60s. Hand-tinted, gilt highlights, arched-top gilt mount, folding leather case with photographer's gilt credit stamp Baker's Photographic Gallery, Calcutta on front cover, decorative gilt clasp.
4¼ x 3¼ in. (10.8 x 8.2 cm.)
Provenance
The Paul F. Walter Collection;
Christie's London, Visions of India, 5 June 1996, lot 212 (part lot)
Special notice
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Lot Essay

J. Baker was assistant to J.W. Newland in 1855. J. Baker's daguerreotype studio is recorded in Wellesley Place, Calcutta in 1858 and continued by R.W. Baker from 1860-68. It became the Calcutta Photographic Company in 1869, although the firm's negative stock had been purchased by Saché & Westfield.

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