[Blind man holding a cat]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Blind man holding a cat]
ca. 1850
Daguerreotype
Image: 2 5/8 × 2 in. (6.7 × 5.1 cm) (1/6 plate)
Case: 3 7/8 × 3 1/2 × 5/8 in. (9.8 × 8.9 × 1.6 cm)
Purchase
1969.0201.0012
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 388
Entry 388 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Daguerreotype of young man, black hair, full beard, in vest & shirt & sleeves, holding cat which moved, making head disappear. Man has black glasses and probably blind. Very unusual. Attractive papier maché & pearl case. Case 1.25. Daguerreotype gift. Total 1.25. Unknown man.
Entry 388 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Daguerreotype of young man, black hair, full beard, in vest & shirt & sleeves, holding cat which moved, making head disappear. Man has black glasses and probably blind. Very unusual. Attractive papier maché & pearl case. Case 1.25. Daguerreotype gift. Total 1.25. Unknown man.
