Self-portrait

Artist Henry E. Insley (American, 1811 - 1894)

Dateca. 1839

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 8 × 3 5/8 × 3/8 inches (20.32 × 9.21 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 × 3 5/8 × 5/8 inches (10.16 × 9.21 × 1.59 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.1

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DescriptionImage of a young man wearing a collared shirt, jacket, and bow tie. His right hand is slightly raised and his hair covers the tops of his ears. This sixth plate cased daguerreotype is housed in a velvet mat inside of a brown leather case with embossed flowers at the corners and a dark velvet liner.Published References

Published References

Henry E. Insley, "The Early Days," Anthony's Photographic Bulletin 14:19 (September 1883): 313-14; "Henry E. Insley Dead," New York Sun (August 12, 1894): n.p.; and Roy Blankenship, "The Art of the Insleys," South of the Mountains: Historical Society of Rockland County [New York] 29:1 (January-March 1985): 3-21.

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