Portrait of a Man

Photograph

Dorros Photography Collection

Name/Title

Portrait of a Man

Entry/Object ID

2020.423

Description

head and torso, looking off to side, wearing black jacket with large bow tie and high white collared shirt

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Daguerreotype

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Whitney, Edward Tompkins

Role

Photographer

Date made

circa 1848

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

stamped into metal "WHITNEY ROCH. N.Y."; inscribed on loose paper "Quarter-plate Daguerreotype in original leather case, signed by photographer, Edward Tompkins Whitney (b. 1820, NYC, became jeweler, taught photography by M.M. Lawrence in 1844, operated his own gallery in Rochester NY 1849-51) (See Beaumont Newhall, The Daguerreotype in America, p. 155)

Dimensions

Height

4-3/4 in

Width

3-13/16 in

Depth

13/16 in

Dimension Notes

Format: oval Plate size: quarter

Condition

Notes

Case: metal slightly spotted, exterior worn Image: slight oxidation around edges