Portrait of a Man

c. 1850

American 19th Century

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Artist

The image depicts a person from the waist up. The individual is seated with one arm on a patterned table. They have light skin, an oval face, short dark hair, and are wearing a dark, wide-brimmed hat, a dark top with a bow or tie, and striped trousers. The setting is framed in a gold-colored border, giving it an antique look, and the background is blurred with soft tones.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    daguerreotype with applied color

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (visible): 9.4 × 6.7 cm (3 11/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
    mat: 10.8 × 8.2 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
    case (closed): 12 × 9.5 × 1.8 cm (4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.3.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Dennis Waters, Exeter, NH), 1994; NGA purchase, 2017.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Wikidata ID

Q64144801

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