Daguerreotype of the King and Queen of Siam
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1854-1856
notes: label: Description
content: This portrait of King Somdetch Phra Paramendr Maha Mongkut and Queen Debserin of Siam was made by an unknown photographer circa 1854-1856. King Mongkut, ruled his country from 1851 to 1868. A quarter-plate daguerreotype, the photograph is a unique positive image made on a silver-coated copper plate. This process is named for one of its inventors, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre. The daguerreotype was originally presented as a gift to U.S. President Franklin Pierce in 1856 by the king, and later became a very early donation to the Museum's collection of the history of photography in August 1890.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Thailand
label: i
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Asian
label: Subject
content: Portraits
label: Subject
content: Men
label: Subject
content: Women
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Professor O. T. Mason
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.000222
label: catalog number
content: 222
label: accession number
content: 266032
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph
label: Object Name
content: daguerreotype
label: Other Terms
content: Photograph; Photograph; Daguerreotype
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass, paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, copper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.3 cm x 12.9 cm x .9 cm; 6 1/32 in x 5 3/32 in x 11/32 in