Portrait of a Man
Portrait of a Man
Portrait of a Man
Portrait of a Man

Currently not on view

Portrait of a Man,

Late 1850s

American
x1990-27

Information

Title
Portrait of a Man
Dates

Late 1850s

Medium
Sixteenth plate daguerreotype
Dimensions
frame: 6.3 x 5 cm. (2 1/2 x 1 15/16 in.) image: 6.5 x 5.2 cm. (2 9/16 x 2 1/16 in.) case: 7.4 x 6.5 x 1.9 cm.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. William S. Kilborne
Object Number
x1990-27
Inscription
Paper attached to inside of a case, inscribed in unknown hand: Mary Smith
Culture
American
Type
oil paintings, black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
men, portraits

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