[Man holding a dog]
Photograph
[Man holding a dog]
ca. 1860
Ambrotype with applied color
Image: 2 3/4 × 2 3/16 in. (7 × 5.6 cm) (1/6 plate)
Case: 3 11/16 × 3 5/16 × 7/8 in. (9.4 × 8.4 × 2.2 cm)
Purchase
1969.0203.0010
Inscriptions Embossed in velvet pad inside of case, C: KEENAN \ 2D AB. SOUTH ST. \ PHILADA
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 624
Entry 624 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Very unusual 1/6 size ambrotype on purple glass. Man with very full black beard and extremely tall white or light tan high-hat for summer & white shirt without usual vest. He holds a small black spaniel, resting on table. Ambrotype by Keenan, 2nd AB. South St. Philada. Pa. Very amusing ambrotype. From Emerson, 454 Clapier St. Germantown, Pa. 1.50
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 624
Entry 624 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Very unusual 1/6 size ambrotype on purple glass. Man with very full black beard and extremely tall white or light tan high-hat for summer & white shirt without usual vest. He holds a small black spaniel, resting on table. Ambrotype by Keenan, 2nd AB. South St. Philada. Pa. Very amusing ambrotype. From Emerson, 454 Clapier St. Germantown, Pa. 1.50
