Photographer: Johann Jacob Burbach (active in Cologne since 1846). Individual portraits of a man and woman, most likely husband and wife. Circa 1850. 2 daguerreotypes (sixth-plates), with black enamellled surrounds with gilt frame line, each taped behind glass and with photographer's paper studio label on the verso. Along with Haussmann and Hertting, J.J. Burbach was one of the first professional daguerreotypists in Cologne. In 1846 he opened a "Daguerreotyp-Utensilien-Handlung" and in 1848 he founded his own daguerreotype studio. – Some oxidation in edges, a few spots on plates, otherwise in good condition. Lit.: Werner Neite. "Die Photographie in Köln 1839 - 1870" in: Jahrbuch des Kölnischen Geschichtsvereins, vol. 46, 1975, see p. 111. Ludwig Hoerner, "Die Einführung der Photographie in den Metropolen und in der Provinz (1839-1860), in: Bodo von Dewitz/Reinhard Matz (eds.). Silber und Salz. Zur Frühzeit der Photographie im deutschen Sprachraum 1839 -1860, Agfa Foto-Historama, Cologne, 1989, p. 100.
Photographer: Johann Jacob Burbach (active in Cologne since 1846). Individual portraits of a man and woman, most likely husband and wife. Circa 1850. 2 daguerreotypes (sixth-plates), with black enamellled surrounds with gilt frame line, each taped behind glass and with photographer's paper studio label on the verso. Along with Haussmann and Hertting, J.J. Burbach was one of the first professional daguerreotypists in Cologne. In 1846 he opened a "Daguerreotyp-Utensilien-Handlung" and in 1848 he founded his own daguerreotype studio. – Some oxidation in edges, a few spots on plates, otherwise in good condition. Lit.: Werner Neite. "Die Photographie in Köln 1839 - 1870" in: Jahrbuch des Kölnischen Geschichtsvereins, vol. 46, 1975, see p. 111. Ludwig Hoerner, "Die Einführung der Photographie in den Metropolen und in der Provinz (1839-1860), in: Bodo von Dewitz/Reinhard Matz (eds.). Silber und Salz. Zur Frühzeit der Photographie im deutschen Sprachraum 1839 -1860, Agfa Foto-Historama, Cologne, 1989, p. 100.
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