Portrait of a French Naval Officer

1854

Pierre Dufour

Artist, French, 1800 - 1899

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 9.1 × 6.8 cm (3 9/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
    framed: 23 × 20 × 2 cm (9 1/16 × 7 7/8 × 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2017.152.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Vintage Works, Ltd., Chalfont, PA); NGA purchase, 2017.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, photographer's stamp: M. Dufour / a l'honneur de prevenir le public / qu'il fait les / portraits au daguerreotype / d'apres le systeme americain / il les colorie a mene prix, / et quelques secondes suffisent pour operer. / Les portraits / ne sent livres que lorsque la personne / est satisfaite. / Toulon [illegible] / place St-Pierre.

Wikidata ID

Q64158823

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