Portrait of Josiah Parsons Cooke
Artist
John Adams Whipple
(American, 1822 - 1891)
Dateca. 1848-1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (whole): 8 1/4 × 6 1/2 inches (20.96 × 16.51 cm)
Credit LineGift of George R. Rinhart
Object number2006.29.1
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
On View
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DescriptionImage of a standing figure (Josiah Parsons Cooke). The young man is wearing a three-peice suit with bow tie. His hair is parted on the right side and it covers his ears. This whole plate daguerreotype is uncased and housed in a modern black window mat.
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