Rembrandt Peale daguerreotype, 1855


Permanent ID:
5974
Date:
1855
Image Description:
Image: Full plate; Man with white hair with face in half-profile, wearing spectacles, a dark buttoned-up double-breasted jacket, a wide light colored tie, with collar points upturned, with one hand tucked inside his jacket. Preserver: [none]. Mat: Oval with matte finish and ornate (late 1850s).
Address:
Philadelphia
Format:
Daguerreotype
Dimensions:
Width: 14 cm, Height: 17.2 cm (image)
Width: 5 1/2 in, Height: 6 3/4 in (image)
Width: 28 cm, Height: 34.5 cm, Depth: 4.5 cm (frame)
Width: 11 1/32 in, Height: 13 19/32 in (frame)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania cased photographs collection
Related People or Organizations:
Root, Samuel (photographer)
Rembrandt Peale, 1778-1860 (depicted)
Library of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [sh2010107725]