Keywords: Daguerreotype Suriname 1846.jpg en Maria Louise de Hart and Johannes Ellis Daguerreotype Dimensions unknown Amsterdam Rijksmuseum Amsterdam inv no M-RP-F-BR-2009-1-00 nl Maria Louise de Hart en Johannes Ellis Daguerreotypie Afmetingen onbekend Amsterdam Rijksmuseum Amsterdam inv nr M-RP-F-BR-2009-1-00 Provenance / Herkomst February 2009 lent to the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Additional information / Overige informatie http //historiek net/index php/200902061503/actueel/Rijksmuseum-verwerft-oudste-foto-uit-Suriname html Earliest known daguerreotype from Suriname It is a known couples portrait designed te be stored in a pouch and carried along Maria Louise de Hart daughter of freed slave by purchase and a jewish plantation owner Johannes Ellis son of Abraham de Veer Dutch governor in Ghana and a Ghanese woman Fanny Ellis http //www marsethistoria nl/pdf/Jaargang 2038/Mars-j38-n04 pdf The couple moved to Amsterdam in 1860 with their four children The youngest son was Abraham George Ellis 1846-1916 who became a Minister in the Dutch Government in the early 20th century Radio Wereldomroep http //surinaams caribiana nl http //surinaams caribiana nl/Cultuur/car20090206_foto Author 1846 PD-old Daguerreotype portraits People of Suriname History of Suriname Photographs in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1846 |