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“This is an English daguerreotype, likely made in London. The plate is in excellent condition. The seals are intact.”
– Grant Romer
In 2021, this daguerreotype will be examined and scanned at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester after which I expect we will have a high quality image. The above image and the three images of the housing below, were not professionally made.
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Born in 1804, Benjamin Disraeli was 38 years old in 1842, 174 years ago, the approximate date of this daguerreotype, his earliest known and earliest likely, photographic likeness.
This is a very high quality 9th plate daguerreotype in near pristine condition.
“When I want to read a novel, I write one.”
Benjamin Disraeli
Post-Script
October 28, 2017
Surely, this is one of the most important photographs known.