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[Bust-length length portrait of an unidentified man] [graphic].
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Title
[Bust-length length portrait of an unidentified man] [graphic].
Publisher
[United States]
Publisher
UNITED STATES. 1850
Date
[ca. 1850]
Physical Description
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; plate 35 x 42 mm (sixteenth plate format) in watch setting 4 cm (diameter)
Description
Bust-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white man. Sitter has dark hair, combed and parted to the left, long sideburns, and a chinbeard. He is attired in white shirt with a turned-up collar, a patterned, broad bowtie, and a dark-colored jacket. His cheeks are tinted pink.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter.
Pink tinting on cheeks.
Daguerreotype in engraved pocket watch setting.
Gift of Michael Gibson, 2017.
Mat: Oval.
Case: Pocket watch case engraved with decorative scrolls.
Subject
Men -- United States.
Men -- Clothing & dress -- United States.
Genre
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850.
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2017.60]
Accession number
P.2017.60
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