| Title |
[Portrait of an unidentified man, without his right eye, facing slightly right] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[United States] |
| Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1855 |
| Date |
[ca. 1850] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : tinted daguerreotype in leather case missing front cover ; plate 90 x 70 mm (sixth plate format) |
| Description |
Half-length, hand-tinted portrait depicting a man, with dark hair, cropped short on the top of his head, and longer and curled
out near his ears. He misses his right eye and his right eye is slightly descended over the socket. He wears a dark-colored
coat, V-neck, button-down vest, white shirt with high stiff collar, and black, horizontally-tied necktie with extended ends.
|
| Notes |
Pad: None. |
|
Mat: Nonpareil. |
|
Case: Leather. Lacking front cover. Filigree-like ornaments within octagonal shape surrounded by scrolls. |
|
Purchased partially with funds for the Visual Culture Program. |
| Subject |
Blind persons. |
|
People with disabilities. |
|
Men -- Clothing & dress. |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos - unid. photo. - unid. sitter - daguerreotypes [P.2019.7.2] |
| Accession number |
P.2019.7.2 |
