| 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 |
