Man with Books

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 7 1/2 × 4 3/4 × 3/8 inches (19.05 × 12.07 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 11/16 × 4 3/4 × 5/8 inches (9.37 × 12.07 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.86

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn plate verso, on paper tape, in pencil: "11-5-95 NO PLATE MARK"

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DescriptionImage of a man wearing a suit seated next to a table stacked with books. His right hand rests on top of a weighty tome. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a case with a Vase with Fruits and Flowers motif and an embossed red velvet liner.

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