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

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"Frank Rowell Dead," Boston Evening Transcript (May 10, 1900): 9.

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