Man with Model Ship

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 1/4 inches (9.53 × 16.51 × 0.64 cm)
Case (closed): 3 3/4 × 3 1/4 × 1/2 inches (9.53 × 8.26 × 1.27 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.441

Signednone

InscribedOn tray, behind plate, printed label in black type: "WM. SHEW, / Miniature Case Maker, / AND DEALER IN / Daguerreotype Apparatus and / Materials, / COURT STREET, / Opposite the Head of Hanover St. / BOSTON."

MarkingsOn modern paper seal, plate verso, in pencil: "plate mark *40 / resealed, glass cleaned 11-96 MKR"

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DescriptionImage of a man seated beside a small table with a model ship on it. He has a neck beard and wears a suit with a patterned tie tucked into his vest. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed inside of a brass mat with rounded corners inside of a case with a floral motif and a pink silk liner.

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