| Creator |
Collins, photographer. |
| Title |
[Portrait of a wide eyed, handsome, unidentified young man.] [graphic] / Collins, artist. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1850 |
| Date |
ca. 1850 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; 1/6 plate. |
| Description |
Sitter is posed turned slightly to his left. His right arm is resting on a table, his left arm is on his lap. Hand colored
pale pink on cheeks. Posed in front of a painted mountain landscape back drop.
|
| Notes |
Cased photographs retrospective conversion project. |
|
Pad: Deep red velvet. Eagle with wings outstretched on top, scrolls all around. |
|
Mat: Double elliptical. Label on mat: Collins, Artist. |
|
Case: Leather. A rose in a floral spray within a nonpareil like border. Similar design on verso. Double clasp. |
| Genre |
Daguerreotypes -- 1840-1850. |
|
Portrait photographs -- 1840-1850. |
|
Photograph cases -- 1840-1850. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Cased photos [P.8495] |
| Accession number |
P.8495 |
