The Toast
Artist
J. T. Zealy
(American, 1812 - 1893)
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (tray): 4 5/8 × 3 5/8 × 3/8 inches (11.75 × 9.21 × 0.95 cm)
Case (tray): 4 5/8 × 3 5/8 × 3/8 inches (11.75 × 9.21 × 0.95 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.35
SignedStamped on mat, lower left: "J.T.ZEALY"
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn modern paper seal, in pencil: "NO PLATE MFG'S MARKS / REGLAZED, SEALED W/FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE / 676-1-00".
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DescriptionImage of two men, facing each other, wearing suit and tie. The man on the left holds up a glass with one hand and a cigar in the other. The man on the right smiles as he looks towards the viewer. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a tray with gold tooling.Published ReferencesSouth Carolina, Vol. 12, n.p. [internal index], R. G. Dun & Co. Collection, Baker Library, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Mass. See also: Photographic and Fine Art Journal (December 1851): 376; and Brian Wallis, "Black Bodies, White Science," American Art 9:2 (Summer 1995): 39-61.
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