Portrait of Saunders K. G. Nellis
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsImage (half): 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches (12.07 x 8.89 cm)
Case: 6 1/4 x 5 x 3/4 inches (15.88 x 12.7 x 1.91 cm)
Case: 6 1/4 x 5 x 3/4 inches (15.88 x 12.7 x 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2006.44.21
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionHalf-plate daguerreotype is of a full-length portrait of a man with no arms identified as Samuel Nellis. It has a brass mat with arched top edge. The case, which is red leather, resembles a book and has gilt ornamentation as well as the word "BIJOU" printed in gilt on the spine. The case front is detached. Daguerreotype case
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