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Zachary Taylor

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1847-1848
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (tray): 4 11/16 × 3 3/4 × 3/8 inches (11.91 × 9.53 × 0.95 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2005.37.90
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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Not on view
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DescriptionImage of an older man in three-quarter profile wearing a military jacket. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside the tray of a case with a floral motif.Published References
Harold Pfister, Facing the Light: Historic American Portrait Daguerreotypes (Washington, D.C.: National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978): 74-79, 350-51.
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