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LL/112299
Southworth & Hawes
1844-1861
[Portrait of an adult male leaning against a column]

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Library of the Boston Athenaeum
Call number: Prints and Photographs Dept. (photo) UTB-6 5.4 (no.102)
 
Subject: Half-length portrait of an adult male with wavy hair and beard leaning against a column. He is wearing a dark-colored coat, waistcoat, and bow tie over a white collared shirt. Around his neck hangs a necklace with small elongated pendant and attached to his waistcoat hangs a chain connected presumably to a pocket watch.
 
This sixth plate daguerreotype is covered with a plain bronze nonpareil mat. The mat is covered with glass and rib-textured protector. The portrait is housed in a daguerreotype case made of wood and covered with brown pebbled leather with push button closure on right side. In the interior of the case, facing the daguerreotype, is a maroon velvet pad.
 
LL/112299


 

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