Carte-de-visite

Name/Title

Carte-de-visite

Entry/Object ID

2022.38.001.13

Description

Elderly gentleman seated next to a table with two books. He wears a black wool cassimere frock coat, white dress shirt with upturned collar, black silk bowtie cravat. Unable to see waistcoat. Black wool trousers. This gentleman wears clothing of fine quality, if not a bit older in styling. Very 1850s, but he is imaged in the 1860. Most likely the husband of the elderly woman next to him.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Made/Created

Artist

Marsh, C.M.

Date made

1865 - 1868

Place

City

Canandaigua

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

2-1/2 in

Width

4 in