Charles Hawes (New Bedford, Massachusetts)
1856
Portrait of a dapper figure, purportedly Capt. George W. Dodge (1830- ?), master of the whaling bark Superior (New Bedford, Massachusetts)

Ambrotype, whole plate
Swann Galleries - New York
Auction, October 25, 2016, #2426, Lot 13
 
According to a contemporary exhibition label on the obverse of the frame, Dodge was formerly an officer on the whaler Gay Head, and later became a businessman in Manchester, New Hampshire. This image is attributed to Charles Hawes, whose studio was located in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
 
LL/69029