Daguerreotype 'photo

[pammyw]

Hi Romilly, yes it does look the same, I think I need a lesson in attachments The file was too big to do it in colour and you have to click to open the picture, never mind got there in the end.
Pam

[Romilly]

Pam,

If you save the pic as a JPG, - it'll take up less space. Also, you need to make it 300 or less to post on here.

Like you, I'd like to know how much they cost...My G/Grandfather was a Copperman & presumably didn't earn much.

Best Wishes, Romilly.
PS. Just downloaded your pic, - what a beautiful photo!!

[pammyw]

Hi Romilly
Thanks for that, Yes it is a nice picture, hard to believe that the sweet innocent bride was tried for murder 18 months before! found not guilty for the murder of her child, really through a technicality, the child was alive when the police found the baby but died a few hours later. hence she did not murder the baby, the baby's father (a married man) committed suicide. My only exciting ancestor to date.
pam

[Romilly]

Hi Romilly
Thanks for that, Yes it is a nice picture, hard to believe that the sweet innocent bride was tried for murder 18 months before! found not guilty for the murder of her child, really through a technicality, the child was alive when the police found the baby but died a few hours later. hence she did not murder the baby, the baby's father (a married man) committed suicide. My only exciting ancestor to date.
pam

Gosh Pam,

How fascinating!! None of mine are as interesting as that, - just the odd bit of bigamy & suicide...

Which part of the country were your G/Grandparents from?

Romilly.

[pammyw]

Hi, all that branch of the family from Great Rissington, Glostershire, lucky for me been there since 17 something and some still live there.

[Romilly]

Hi, all that branch of the family from Great Rissington, Glostershire, lucky for me been there since 17 something and some still live there.

Oh...lucky you, Pam,

Mine had itchy feet, - & ducked & dived all over the place!

Cheers, Romilly.

[pammyw]

 Hi Romilly I see you have Rees family in Wales, I haven't been brave enough yet to do my Griffiths in Wales.
Pam

[Romilly]

Hi Romilly I see you have Rees family in Wales, I haven't been brave enough yet to do my Griffiths in Wales.
Pam

LOL...at least we're not looking for Jones's!

Btw, - I'm still hoping that someone on here will be able to tell us how Coppermen & Ag Labs could afford those fancy glass pics...

Romilly.

[PrueM]

Hi all,
This is a great thread!  Those are some seriously nice photographs, and in such  beautiful condition. You are very lucky people, and I'm insanely envious!! 

Romilly is right, they are more correctly known as "wet collodion positives on glass" (the Ambrotype was a patended variation on this process) - I found this article about them:  http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/ambrotyp.htm

Here's a bit from the same website about daguerreotypes:  http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/daguerro.htm - it shows at the end how much daguerreotypes would have cost; unfortunately the ambrotype article doesn't have that info    I'll see if I can find that elsewhere.

Thank you for sharing the photos with us!   

Prue