Details
Title [Portrait of an unidentified man] [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia 1850
Date [ca. 1850]
Physical Description 1 photograph : daguerreotype ; plate 83 x 108 mm (quarter plate format)
Description Bust-length, portrait of an African American man facing slightly right. Sitter is attired in a white collared shirt and a dark-colored necktie and jacket. Sitter is probably a member or acquaintance of the Dickerson Family of Philadelphia.
Notes Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from photographic medium and sitter's attire.
Pad: Red velvet with geometric design in center surrounded by scrolls.
Mat: Oval.
Case: Leather. A small floral spray is within a curlicued border within a modified oval. Scroll work all around. Same design on verso.
Gift of Mary P. Dunn, 1993.
Lib. Company. Annual report, 1993, p. 17-24.
Description revised 2021.
Access points revised 2021.
Subject Dickerson family.
African American men -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
African American men -- Clothing & dress -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos - Dickerson Family Collection [P.9427.1]
Accession number P.9427.1