Untitled (A Painting of a Man)

Photograph

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Dorros Photography Collection

Name/Title

Untitled (A Painting of a Man)

Entry/Object ID

2022.391

Description

A painted portrait bust of an older, portly man in 3/4 view. Long sideburns under high cleric collar and thinner white over shirt.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Daguerreotype

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Role

Photographer

Date made

circa 1855

Dimensions

Dimension Description

No case cover; back cover only

Height

5-1/2 in

Width

4-1/4 in

Depth

1/8 in

Dimension Notes

Plate size: Half

Condition

Reason for Exam

Inventory

Date Examined

Oct 23, 2022

Examined By

Rosanna Hemerik

Notes

Brass preserver: intact; brass mat: corrosion dark spots, heavy at edges; glass: losses at right edge, pitting, residues, scratches, bubbling at bottom edge at left corner, left edge and right edge at center; plate/image: tarnished, oxidation, blue-black opaque staining at left center edge, image surface undulation overall.