Portrait of a French Naval Officer, 1854

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Medium

daguerreotype

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.)

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

Accession Number

2017.152.1

Artists / Makers

Pierre Dufour (artist) French, 1800 - 1899

Image Use

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Inscription

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.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Vintage Works, Ltd.