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Portrait of the Photographer’s Daughter Charlotte Asser
Eduard Isaac Asser (1809–1894), daguerreotype, c. 1842
Born into a prosperous family of Amsterdam lawyers, Asser pursued not only a legal career, but was also an amateur painter and pioneering photographer. He portrayed his friends and family, including his second daughter, Charlotte. This is one of the earliest surviving Dutch photographs. It was made c. 1842, not long after Asser had begun to experiment with the medium.
- Artwork typephotograph
- Object numberRP-F-AB12282
- Dimensionsheight 81 mm x width 70 mm, height 140 mm x width 130 mm x depth 24 mm
- Physical characteristicsdaguerreotypie