ca. 1850
HGO-01-004-A-5 [Drawer 39 in old database]
GUSN-253754
Portrait of a bald, middle-aged man with spectacles. Whipple, a leading Boston photographer, was one of the first to practice daguerreotypy in the United States.
portraits
men (male humans)
portrait format
busts (figures)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Mat: "Whipple's Patent" is stamped on the mat. The mat is currently up-side-down. (MAT) WHIPPLE'S PATENT
DagID 274
1 daguerreotype
PC005
Daguerreotypes collection, c. 1845-1865
PC005.D02.051
5 1/2 x 4 1/4 (HxW)(inches)
6 x 4 3/4 x 3/4 (HxWxD)(inches)
John Adams Whipple (Photographer)
Whipple, John Adams (Photographer)
daguerreotypes (photographs)
photographs
Item
HGO-01-004-A-5 [Drawer 39 in old database]
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