Portrait of Obed Hussey

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 1/2 inches (12.07 × 19.05 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 9.53 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2005.37.94

Signednone

InscribedOn plate verso, center, in pencil: "Obed Hussey"

MarkingsOn case verso, lower right, white label, in blue pen: "329"

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DescriptionImage of a man wearing an eye patch over his right eye. He's seated and dressed in jacket with vest and bow tie. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a case with an oval motif and an embossed red velvet liner.

Published References

Published References

Follett L. Greeno, Obed Hussey, Who, Of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap (Rochester, N.Y.: Rochester Herald Pub. Co., 1912).

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