Portrait of a Young Man

Photograph

Dorros Photography Collection

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2020.368

Description

head and torso, hair parted on side, mustache connected to large sideburns, wearing a black jacket with a plaid necktie, handkerchief in breast pocket

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Daguerreotype

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Anson, Rufus

Role

Photographer

Date made

circa 1840

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

embossed in velvet "ANSON 589 BROADWAY. N-Y"; stamped case underneath image "Wm Slossan father of Louise Bartlett Slosson (May1, 1878) mother Clarissa Bliss Kibbe (Nov 16, 1910)"

Dimensions

Height

3-9/16 in

Width

3-1/4 in

Depth

11/16 in

Dimension Notes

Format: oval Plate size: sixth

Condition

Notes

Case: metal slightly spotted overall good condition, Image: slight oxidation around edges, beginning to fade