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Man with upturned collar daguerreotype, 1849

Image: 1/6 plate; Seated man with arm resting on table, hair parted on one side, wearing a dark jacket and double breasted vest, with a white shirt and tie, collar points turned down. Preserver: Straight, narrow, embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embos...

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Collection:Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes (#3404)
Date:1849
Dimensions:6.8 x 8.1 cm
2 11/16 x 3 3/16 in
8.0 x 9.2 cm
3 1/8 x 3 5/8 in
Box Number:Box 5
Format: Electronic
Subjects and Genres:
Daguerreotype
Portrait photography > United States
Copyright:Public domain
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/6863
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Summary: Image: 1/6 plate; Seated man with arm resting on table, hair parted on one side, wearing a dark jacket and double breasted vest, with a white shirt and tie, collar points turned down. Preserver: Straight, narrow, embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mat: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Leather covered wood frame embossed with a common Thistle Motif [Plate 119 on page 115 of "American Miniature Case Art" by Floyd and Marion Rinhart (Cranbury, New Jersey: A. S. Barnes and Co., Inc., 1969)] both front and back, with a red velvet pinchpad and a red velvet cushion embossed with a geometric design (ca. 1850).

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