Stamped in gold on the back of the case: PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION FARMER'S PORTRAITS ESTED 1852 62 NORTH ST BRIGHTON. Bythe first week of March 1853, Robert Farmer, a 30 year old chemist, had announced that he would be taking daguerreotype portraits for the remarkably low price of 2s 6d for each portrait, at his shop in North Street, Brighton