| Title |
[Half-length portrait of an unidentified man] [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
[United States] |
| Publisher |
UNITED STATES. 1855 |
| Date |
[ca. 1855] |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; plate 70 x 83 mm (sixth plate format) |
| Description |
Half-length, forward facing portrait of an unidentified white man, posed slightly toward the left. Sitter has dark hair combed
to the right and wears a chinbeard. He is attired in a white collared shirt and a dark-colored bowtie and jacket.
|
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloger. |
|
Date inferred from photographic medium and attire of the sitter. |
|
Gift of Michael Zinman, 2016. |
|
Pad: Red velvet with a decorative scroll in the center. |
|
Mat: Oval. |
|
Case: Case is shaped like a book with gilt edges and a spine labeled “Memorial.” Papier-mache, black lacquer with a spray
of flowers made of mother of pearl inlay. Verso is black lacquer.
|
|
Edges of daguerreotype plate are tarnished. |
| Subject |
Men -- United States. |
|
Men -- Clothing & dress -- United States. |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1850-1860. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1850-1860. |
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Portrait photographs -- 1850-1860. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos – unid photo – unid sitter [P.2016.86] |
| Accession number |
P.2016.86 |
