Man with Elephant
Artist
Thomas Martin Easterly
(American, 1809 - 1882)
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 3 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (8.26 × 10.8 cm)
Case (open): 7 1/2 × 4 5/8 × 3/8 inches (19.05 × 11.75 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 4 5/8 × 5/8 inches (9.53 × 11.75 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 7 1/2 × 4 5/8 × 3/8 inches (19.05 × 11.75 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 4 5/8 × 5/8 inches (9.53 × 11.75 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.37
SignedOn mat recto, lower left corner, stamped: "EASTERLY";
On mat recto, lower right corner, stamped: "St. LOUIS".
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn plate verso, on paper tape, in pencil: "REGLAZED, SEALED W/FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE 9-20-2005 GSW 415-1-95"
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
Elbert Bowen, Theatrical Entertainments in Rural Missouri (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1959): 17-36; Stuart Thayer, "The Elephant in America, 1840-1860," Bandwagon 35:3 (September-October 1991): 34-7; and David Carlyon, Dan Rice: The Most Famous Man You've Never Heard Of (New York: Public Affairs, 2001): 157-66, 435-36.
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