Diptych: Man (#465)

Name/Title

Diptych: Man (#465)

Entry/Object ID

2020.464

Description

1st out of 2 portraits, left side of case; seated in chair, resting left arm on table, bald on top of head, dark hair on sides, large sideburns, wrinkles around eyes. Diptych with 2020.465.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Daguerreotype

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Gurney, J.

Role

Photographer

Studio

349 Broadway

Date made

circa 1850

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

stamped into metal "J. GURNEY 349 BROADWAY"; sticker "1/2p. #4"

Dimensions

Height

5-1/2 in

Width

4-1/4 in

Depth

1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Plate size: half

Condition

Notes

no case, metal spotted and separated in TRC Image: scratch on man's chest