I bought this in France half a year ago. The photo is also quite, big twice the size of a normal daguerreotype It could be a picture of fizeau and foucault, because of the age and looks. They were two famous French scientist. There is no photos of them when they were young but maybe this could be it?
I know that in general it is best not to even tamper with them and many processes/ recipes for cleaning are more damaging than helpful. I just purchased a lot of Daguerreotypes that are mostly not in cases, some of which are so marred that there is no discernible image. Any thoughts on the best process for cleaning them?
I’ve posted this image before however I was able to get a good scan of the image after setting up my scanner bed. She almost has a smile going too.
Took out the glass and gave it a gentle clean to remove debris, came out better than I even expected.
