Preacher

Dateca. 1855

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 11/16 × 7 3/8 × 3/8 inches (11.91 × 18.73 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 11/16 × 3 11/16 × 5/8 inches (11.91 × 9.37 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.555

Signednone

Inscribednone

MarkingsOn plate verso, on modern paper seal, in pencil: "NO PLATE MAKER'S MARKS / 400-8-95 / ORIGINAL INTACT SEAL REMOVED, COVER GLASS REPLACED, SEAL WITH FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE 7-23-2001 GSW ATLANTA, GA."

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DescriptionImage of a man wearing a dark jacket with fabric buttons; he holds a small book open in front of him. This quarter plate cased daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside of a case with a Lily and Rose Variant motif and an embossed red velvet liner.

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