Man with upturned collar
Permanent ID:
6863Date:
circa 1849Image Description:
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).Format:
DaguerreotypeDimensions:
Width: 6.8 cm, Height: 8.1 cm (image)Width: 2 11/16 in, Height: 3 3/16 in (image)
Width: 8.0 cm, Height: 9.2 cm, Depth: 1.8 cm (case)
Width: 3 1/8 in, Height: 3 5/8 in, Depth: 23/32 in (case)
Collection:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania daguerreotypes and ambrotypesLibrary of Congress Subjects:
Daguerreotype [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85035408]
Portrait photography--United States [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2010107725]
Portrait photography--United States [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh2010107725]