Re: Daguerreotype Deterioration
I suggest contacting Mike Robinson. Mike has done extensive research and has been doing some exciting work at George Eastman House restoring old daguerreotypes that had been considered lost/ruined. His website: http://www.centurydarkroom.com/ Good luck- Tom ...................................... Tom Persinger f295 LLC www.f295.org Pittsburgh, PA USA AIM/iChat: tpersin ...................................... > -------Original Message------- > From: fb <archaik@freestart.hu> > Subject: Re: Daguerreotype Deterioration > Sent: 13 Jun '08 09:48 > > Instead of the riskfull adventure of the restoration > I suggest some conservation, to stop that deterioration > process. To make this You need to replace the recent > sealing to a new and better, to protect the plate from > the oxidous gases of the air. Another suggested change > to make a layer between the plate and the copper mat, > from photosafe paper, because the the contact of the mat > and the silver layer is also a source of deterioration. > > See more on my homepage: > Daguerreotype Installations and the Conservation > 4. 4. American ie English type > > http://archfoto.atspace.com/dagins ten.html > > and in the conservation section of the links: > > http://archfoto.atspace.com/altfotolink2.html#Konzerv > > Flesch Bálint > > http://archfoto.atspace.com/ > http://archfoto.freeblog.hu/ > > > > > Date sent: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:04:39 -0500 > From: eric nelson <emanphoto@gmail.com> > Subject: Daguerreotype Deterioration > > > I have a daguerreotype that is showing signs of deterioration in the last 11 > > years. > > I have posted a screen shot of 2 scans made 11 years apart of this dag. The > > scan on the right is the recent scan and shows some kind of deterioration > > happening on the face of the subject. Any tips on restoring this image? > > Since it has been hand colored I'm not too hopeful but thought I'd check > > here for suggestions. > > > > |