Portrait of a man in Union case
Portrait of a man in Union case
Portrait of a man in Union case
Portrait of a man in Union case
Portrait of a man in Union case
Portrait of a man in Union case
Portrait of a man in Union case
Portrait of a man in Union case

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Portrait of a man in Union case,

1850s

Samuel Peck and Company, American, active 1854–1860
2011-135

Information

Title
Portrait of a man in Union case
Dates

1850s

Maker
Samuel Peck and Company
Medium
Daguerreotype in a thermoplastic case
Dimensions
image: 12 x 8.8 cm. (4 3/4 x 3 7/16 in.) case closed: 15.5 × 12.5 × 2.5 cm (6 1/8 × 4 15/16 × 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Peter C. Bunnell
Object Number
2011-135
Place Made

North America, United States, Connecticut, New Haven

Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, union cases, daguerreotypes
Materials
half plate, thermoplastic
Techniques
daguerreotype
Subject
equestrians, men, figures (representations)

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