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Painter and Backdrop

Artist Russell A. Miller (American, active ca. 1850-1870)
Dateca. 1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 inches (13.97 × 10.8 cm)
Case (open): 6 × 9 1/2 × 1/2 inches (15.24 × 24.13 × 1.27 cm)
Case (closed): 6 × 4 3/4 × 5/8 inches (15.24 × 12.07 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.19
InscribedOn mat recto, lower left, stamped: "MILLER / LOWELL"
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DescriptionImage of man holding a paintbrush; he faces away from the viewer towards a curtained backdrop with a painted column. This half plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a brass oval mat inside of a case with a red embossed velvet liner. The liner depicts an urn with flowers.Published References
"Frank Rowell Dead," Boston Evening Transcript (May 10, 1900): 9.
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