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Seated man with dark jacket and pants

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Collection Type

  • Photography

Date

1840s

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-5 [Drawer 40 in old database]

GUSN

GUSN-253773

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Description

man (30s) [possibly member of Codman/Bradlee family] seated with arm resting on side table, with dark jacket and pants with pattern fabric; image by John Plumbe Jr., a maverick daguerreotypist who operated an extensive chain during the 1840s

Details

Descriptive Terms

men (male humans)
costume (mode of fashion)
portraits
sitting
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

(mat) plumbe

Additional Identification Number

DagID 425

Physical Description

1 daguerreotype

Collection Code

PC005

Collection Name

Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865

Reference Code

PC005.D02.070

Credit Line

Codman Family Photograph Collection

Record Details

Originator

Plumbe, John, Jr. (Photographer)

Material Type

daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs

Description Level

Item

Location Note

HGO-01-004-A-5 [Drawer 40 in old database]

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