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Man wearing buttoned jacket
Man wearing buttoned jacket
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Man wearing buttoned jacket

Permanent ID:
6647
Date:
circa 1857
Image Description:
Image: 1/4 plate; Seated man with hair parted on one side, a beard and mustache, wearing a dark jacket buttoned with a strap from the inside of one lapel to the outside of the other, dark trousers, a white shirt, and a dark bow tie, color applied to his cheeks. Preserver: Straight but more ornate (1850s). Mat: Oval with matte finish and ornate (late 1850s) with liberty shields in each corner. Case: Leather covered wood frame embossed with a geometric design both front and back, with an exterior and interior gilded edge trim, a plum velvet pinchpad and a plum velvet cushion embossed with a geometric design (1850s).
Format:
Ambrotype
Dimensions:
Width: 8.2 cm, Height: 10.7 cm (image)
Width: 3 7/32 in, Height: 4 7/32 in (image)
Width: 9.2 cm, Height: 11.7 cm, Depth: 1.9 cm (case)
Width: 3 5/8 in, Height: 4 5/8 in, Depth: 3/4 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypes
Library of Congress Subjects:
Ambrotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85004169]
Portrait photography--United States [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2010107725]