Image is in Claudet's patent stereocase of March 1853

Two daguerreotypes within a single case, married couple Mr. and Mrs. Richard Baigent. This entry is about the right hand plate: Richard Baigent, born in Portsea, Hampshire, England on 17 Jan 1800 to Richard Baigent and Mary Pain. Richard married Louisa Croome and had 8 children. He passed away on 24 Mar 1881 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. (source http://records.ancestry.co.uk/richard_baigent_records.ashx?pid=127989486 )

Three-quarter length portrait of a seated woman in a striped dress. Her hands rest in her lap together. Hair is worn in a middle parting with ringlets either side held back by hair pins. She wears a cap over her hair. Plain background. Plate framed with black European imitation of Asian lacquerwork (japanning). Cast metal patented Rococo sight edge, black/green. Suspension loop now missing, attached to leaf decorated hanging mechanism.

Lower half only of case, breaking apart and glass loose within it. Fragile. There is a complex design based on an oval on the reverse of the case, of which the leather is stained and worn.

Impressed design on front of case depicts in the centre a swan on a grassy mound with greater reed mace behind.