Carl Gustav Oehme
Three gentlemen 1844
Daguerreotype
9 x 7,3 cm





Carl Gustav Oehme
Three gentlemen 1844 (verso)
Daguerreotype
9 cm x 7,3 cm


Carl Gustav Oehme (1817-1881)

new acquisition:

Three gentlemen Berlin, March 16th 1844.
Daguerreotype, 9 x 7,3 cm
From the estate of the photographer Waldemar Titzenthaler (1869-1937) with his handwritten note:
"These two framed daguerreotypes must be kept very safely. They are valuable collector´s items from the early days of photography, their number is decreasing year by year, already now they are very sought after especially in the original frame from the period"
W. Titzenthaler
Berlin 1925

This daguerreotype is the earliest photographic portrait taken in Berlin known to exist.
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