Portrait of an Elderly Man

Photograph

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Dorros Photography Collection

Name/Title

Portrait of an Elderly Man

Entry/Object ID

2020.381

Tags

casemaker

Description

head and torso, looking at camera, white hair, wrinkles around eyes, wearing black jacket with bow tie

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Daguerreotype

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Littlefield, Parsons & Co.

Role

Case maker

Date made

circa 1855

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

typed on paper attached to case underneath image "Littlefield Parsons & Co., manufacturers of Daguerreotype Cases …"

Dimensions

Height

3-11/16 in

Width

3-1/4 in

Depth

7/8 in

Dimension Notes

Format: oval Plate size: sixth

Accessories

Accessory

Case

Notes

plastic case

Condition

Notes

Case: exterior of verso cracked and repaired, velvet discolored Image: surface scratched across body, entire image oxidized, faded