Quadruple Portrait of James Duncan Graham Sr.

Artist Alexander Hesler (American, born Canada, 1823 - 1895)

Dateca. 1855-1859

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 11/16 × 6 1/2 × 3/8 inches (9.37 × 16.51 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 5/8 inches (9.37 × 8.26 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation

Object number2005.37.58

SignedOn velvet liner, embossed: "HESLER'S / METROPOLITAN GALLERY / LASELLE [sic] ST. CHICAGO"

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DescriptionFour variant portraits of a bearded gentleman on a single plate with the lower right image showing the back of the man's head. The images are divided with a dark horizontal line and light vertical line down the center. This sixth plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a case with a dark purple embossed velvet liner and a pebbled leather case with side clasp.Published References

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James Grant Wilson and John Fiske, eds., "James Duncan Graham," Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1887-89): n.p.

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