Jas. D. Robey, Calligrapher, Suncook, New Hampshire

Artist B. Barbour (American, active 1850s)

Date1854

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (8.26 x 6.99 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.549

InscribedScratched on back of plate: "Jas. D. Robey, 39 [illeg.] yrs., Feb. 1854, Suncook, N.H. by B. [illeg.] Barbour."

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DescriptionImage of a man seated beside a table with his hand on a stack of folded papers; framed pictures of text hang on the walls behind him. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat.

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