Portret van het echtpaar De la Tour Manbourg Possibly 1861

This daguerreotype, titled "Portret van het echtpaar De la Tour Manbourg" and likely dating to 1861, depicts a couple posed in a formal studio setting. Created by the photographic duo Mayer & Pierson, the image showcases the couple in their finest attire, the man with a top hat and the woman in a full-skirted dress. The image serves as a window into 19th-century portraiture and the growing popularity of photography as a means of capturing family memories. The daguerreotype, a small-format photographic print, was a popular medium in the mid-19th century.