Man Reading, with Woman
Artist
Abraham Bogardus
(American, 1822 - 1908)
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 5/16 × 3/8 inches (9.21 × 16.03 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 inches (9.21 × 7.94 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 3 5/8 × 6 5/16 × 3/8 inches (9.21 × 16.03 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 inches (9.21 × 7.94 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.24
SignedEmbossed on case verso: "BOGARDUS / GREENWHICH ST / CORNER / BARCLAY / N-Y."
InscribedInside case, behind plate, in pencil: "175 / 1 copy";
Inside case, behind plate, in black pen: "188 / 1 Copy".
MarkingsOn tiny sticker attached to plate verso, center, in black pen: "42".
On View
Not on viewCollections
Terms
"Our Picture: Abraham Bogardus," Philadelphia Photographer 8:94 (October 1871): 313-15. In addition, Bogardus himself wrote several anecdotal articles: "Thirty-Seven Years Behind a Camera," Photographic Times and American Photographer 14:158 (February 1884): 73-78; "Forty Years Behind the Camera," Anthony's Photographic Bulletin 17:22-23 (November 27-December 11, 1886): 714-16; "The Experiences of a Photographer," Lippincott's Monthly Magazine 47:5 (May 1891): 574-82; "Trials and Tribulations of the Photographer," Anthony's Photographic Bulletin 20:5-6 (March 9-23, 1889): 139-42, 178-81; and "Bogardusiana," Photographic Times 26:4 (April 1895): 252.
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