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Portrait of Two Men
Portrait of Two Men

Portrait of Two Men

Artist Thomas Martin Easterly (American, 1809 - 1882)
Dateca. 1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2005.37.60
InscribedStamped on mat: "Easterly Artist;" with note identifying subjects as William and Thomas Thornton.
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DescriptionQuarter plate daguerreotype in full leather case. Marked on mat: "Easterly Artist". Came with note identifying subjects as William and Thomas Thornton.Published References
Peter E. Palmquist and Thomas R. Kailbourn, Pioneer Photographers from the Mississippi to the Continental Divide, A Biographical Dictionary, 1839-1865 (Stanford:  Stanford University Press, 2005): 220-22; Dolores A. Kilgo, Likeness and Landscape: Thomas M. Easterly and the Art of the Daguerreotype (St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1994).
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