Early photographic self-portrait unveiled after 170 years
The latest cameras and photographic equipment auction at Special Auction Services of Greenham, near Newbury included two daguerreotypes by direct descent through the family of Antoine François Jean Claudet (1798-1867), the property of his great-great-great-granddaughter.
Born in France, Claudet moved to London and opened a studio close to the Strand in 1841 to exploit L…