Amusing daguerreotype in the unusual (for France) size of ninth plate, by Leclerc, Paris, circa 1855, depicting a man with pipe, heavy coat and a jaunty air about him. The photographer's label on reverse of housing touts Leclerc's skills and in particular his invention of some long-forgotten form of photograph he terms the "Epileograph" ("Inventeur des Charmantes Portraits, dits Epileographie").

Dimensions of mount 4.3 x 3.6 inches (11x9 cm).