Standing Artist

Artist Unknown

Dateca. 1850

MediumDaguerreotype

DimensionsPlate (half): 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (13.97 x 11.43 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.442

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DescriptionImage of a bearded man with a scarf tied around his neck, a wide-brimmed hat set jauntily on his head, and a mid-thigh length jacket over his shirt and pants. This half-plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat with a double elliptical opening and a double coil braid with textured decorative border inside of a brown case with a textured surface and blind tooling and a red velvet liner embossed with an urn motif.

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