[Man]
Photograph
Meade Brothers
Maker
Henry W. M. Meade, American, b. England, 1823–1865; Charles R. Meade, American, b. England, 1826–1858
[Man]
ca. 1850
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image: 2 × 1 1/2 in. (5.1 × 3.8 cm) (1/9 plate)
Case: 2 15/16 × 2 1/2 × 3/4 in. (7.5 × 6.4 × 1.9 cm)
Purchase
1969.0200.0042
Inscriptions Embossed on velvet pad inside of case, C: MEADE BRO'S \ 233 BROADWAY \ N.Y.
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 279
Entry 279 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Fine miniature daguerreotype of old man. in fine clothes, long white hair, tinted cheeks. Made by Meade Bros. 233 Broadway, N.Y. From family who came to Grass Valley mining country in early days. Meade Bros among most famous U.S. Daguerrean photographers. Took daguerreotypes of Louis Daguerre himself in France. Unknown man by Meade Bros. 1.25
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 279
Entry 279 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Fine miniature daguerreotype of old man. in fine clothes, long white hair, tinted cheeks. Made by Meade Bros. 233 Broadway, N.Y. From family who came to Grass Valley mining country in early days. Meade Bros among most famous U.S. Daguerrean photographers. Took daguerreotypes of Louis Daguerre himself in France. Unknown man by Meade Bros. 1.25
