From Japan, images of the ambrotype cases and mats I made awhile back for a Photo/paper conservator there. They now protect copy ambrotypes shown here with the original image which is of Yukichi Fukuzawa who adorns the country’s banknotes.

Images of the seven cases with their seven mats that I recently made for the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian. These images were taken in the Photo conservation dept which like its kind are white walled brightly lit spaces no conducive to viewing daguerreotypes. Also included is a view of one of the custom [...]

These are the custom brass mats made specifically for seven half plate daguerreotypes in the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian. The mats are solid brass, that are textured, coloured gold, bevelled and the bevel burnished and lacquered.