Teofil (Kosinski)
n.d.
Label for Teofil Kosinski
Daguerreotype, labelPrivate collection of Mihai StanescuLabel supplied by Mihai Stanescu, special thanks go to Jacek Dehnel for this translation.
An Atelier of Daguerreotypes of Teofil (Kosinski) taken on paper and plates [
in Warsaw] in Dluga st. nr 585, rooms of Polski hotel, […] upstairs to the left, first floor, where it was [established a sale of?]
Daguerreotypes on paper (Talbottypes)[
] size of a big piece of paper, not coloured, of one person costs 50 Polish zlotys so 7 silver Russian rubles and 50 kopeks [
] costs 63 Polish zlotys 10 groshes so 10 silver Russian rubles and 50 kopeks etc.
[
an additional?] cost per each person is 13 Polish zlotys an 50 groshes so 2 silver Russian rubles more.
I guarantee the similarity of natural colours.
[Each] next daguer[reotype…?][
]costs 13 Polish zlotys 10 groshes so 2 silver Russian rubles. Whoever would like to have more of such portraits from such a taken daguerreotype on paper, does not necessary have to come personally, but is kindly asked to send the image's Number, placed on the reverse, and an adequate payment, to have the requested amount of portraits ordered.
Price list of the Daguerreotypes on silver plates.
On 1/6 size of the plate - 12 Polish zlotys so 1 silver Russian ruble and 80 kopeks
On 1/4 size of the plate - 20 Polish zlotys so 3 silver Russian rubles
On 1/2 size of the plate - 40 Polish zlotys so 6 silver Russian rubles
On full size of the plate - 60 Polish zlotys so 9 silver Russian rubles
Prices are the same for both the single portraits and the groups. A coloured Daguerreotype costs 5 Polish zlotys so 75 kopeks more.
For a special request smaller Daguerreotypes can be taken, both on the plates and on paper, as well as copies of prints, portraits; and copies of […] in natural size. I take daguerreotypes every day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., in wintertime from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., except for the Sundays and major Holidays, when i don't. Those who would like to be daguerreotyped right after their arrival and so before those, who come without an appointment, are kindly requested to inform me about it in advance to discuss the time and the size of the daguerreotype.
M. Stanescu & Y. Marek, 2020, "Mirrors of the Past: The Daguerreotypes and some connections with the History of Pharmacy & Medicine", presented in "XXVIII th National Reunion of the Romanian Society of History of Pharmacy", Sibiu, 3-5 October 2020
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