S. Fordham
Artist
Jeremiah Gurney
(American, 1812 - 1886)
Date1845
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 7 3/8 × 3 1/8 × 3/8 inches (18.73 × 7.94 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 5/8 inches (9.21 × 7.94 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 7 3/8 × 3 1/8 × 3/8 inches (18.73 × 7.94 × 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 number2005.27.4720
Signednone
InscribedOn case recto, white label, in black ink: "S. Fordham, 1845 / by / Gurney, N.Y."
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a man in a tall hat seated with his right hand in his jacket pocket. He has a neck beard and his cheeks are colored a rosy hue. This sixth plate daguerreotype in housed in an oval brass mat inside of a vertical leather-covered case with a dark silk liner and center clasp.
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