Portrait of an officer
Artist
Marc-Antoine Gaudin
(French, 1804 - 1880)
Date1843
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Framed: 6 5/16 × 5 1/4 × 1/2 inches (16.03 × 13.34 × 1.27 cm)
Framed: 6 5/16 × 5 1/4 × 1/2 inches (16.03 × 13.34 × 1.27 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.8.17
SignedOn paper mounted to frame verso, bottom, in black pen: “Signѐ MARC-ANTOINE GAUDIN. / Elecle [?] dˊofficier-Lumiere exceptionelle / datѐ 1843.” , “8.”
InscribedOn paper mounted to frame verso, upper left corner, in blue pen: “Oscar Lecoq”;
On paper mounted to frame verso, upper right corner, in black pen: “1843”
MarkingsOn frame verso, lower right corner, white rectangular label with black pen: “11148”;
On frame verso, lower right corner, in pencil: "1121/12"
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DescriptionImage of a man wearing officer's uniform; he is shown in profile leaning on a table with a hat in his hand. This quarter plate uncased daguerreotype is housed in a wooden frame with an oval opening gilded with gold and original convex glass.
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