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Double cased Cutting ambrotype portrait of a bearded man, 1855
Double cased Cutting ambrotype portrait of a bearded man, 1855
Double cased Cutting ambrotype portrait of a bearded man, 1855
Double cased Cutting ambrotype portrait of a bearded man, 1855
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Double cased Cutting ambrotype portrait of a bearded man, 1855

Permanent ID:
5896
Date:
circa 1855
Image Description:
Image: 1/6 plate Cutting ambrotype; Young man with hair parted on one side, full beard and mustache, wearing a dark jacket with white pocket square, patterned vest, white shirt with collar points down, and dark neck tie, color applied to his cheeks. Preservers: Straight, narrow, embossed with simple pattern (after 1850). Mats: Oval with matte finish and simple embossed design (1850). Case: Leather-covered wood-frame double cased Cutting ambrotype variation of Eickmeyer's common book-style case (Berg No. 5-75) with gilded lined edge trim both front and back interior and exterior, with brown velvet pinchpad and plain brown (unembossed) velvet cushions (ca. 1855).
Inscription:
(embossed): H.A. EICKMEYER PATENT FEB. 27 1855 (Front interior bottom edge of case)

(embossed): AMBROTYPE / BY REHN / PATENT JULY / 4TH & 11TH 1854 (Bottom corners of both front and back mats)
Format:
Ambrotype
Dimensions:
Width: 7 cm, Height: 8.3 cm (image)
Width: 2 3/4 in, Height: 3 9/32 in (image)
Width: 8.7 cm, Height: 9.5 cm, Depth: 2.1 cm (case)
Width: 3 7/16 in, Height: 3 3/4 in, Depth: 27/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related People or Organizations:
Rehn, Isaac A. (photographer)
Eickmeyer, Henry A. (Manufacturer)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Ambrotype [sh85004169]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]
Photographers--Marketing [sh87001204]
Photographic industry [sh85101187]