John Werge

John Werge was a photographer known for his daguerreotypes, a process that captured images on a silver-plated copper sheet. The image shown here displays a seated woman, likely from the mid 19th century, posed formally and captured in a daguerreotype case with a velvet liner embellished with a floral design. Daguerreotypes are known for their sharpness, detail and unique tonal quality, capturing a sense of time and place in this portrait.