Untitled (Polyptych Plates: Man, Man, Man and a Man and Woman)
Entry/Object ID
2022.22
Description
Possibly reconstituted together are two 1/6th plate ambrotypes and two 1/6th plate daguerreotypes. The top left image is a daguerreotype of a young, chin bearded man and the mat is thick, rough and pebbled indicating an earlier time period from the other images. The upper right image is an ambrotype in a very late mat of a very tall thin balding man and his wife of the 60'speriod. The lower two images appear to be of a different gentleman. The left image is a very elegant daguerreotype portrait of him wearing a chin collar and black tie with short hair curled at the ears. He appears to be a prominent citizen. The final image to the right appears to be a 3/4 view ambrotype of the same gentleman placed in a later, extremely ornate mat. Three single portraits may possibly depict the same man at different ages?
Photograph Details
Type of Photograph
Daguerreotype/Ambrotype
Made/Created
Artist
Unknown
Date made
circa 1850
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Case dimensions (overall)
Height
6-3/16 in
Width
3-3/4 in
Depth
7/8 in
Dimension Notes
Plate size: sixth
Condition
Reason for Exam
Inventory
Date Examined
Jul 29, 2022
Examined By
Rosanna Hemerik
Notes
Brown plastic; brass preserver intact; brass mat heavy corrosion; glass white spots; plate tarnished; images four (two-by-two) tope and bottom left images heavily scattered corrosion and dark spots; corrosion, pitting, residues, abrasions, scratches, accretion
