[Seated man]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Seated man]
ca. 1850
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image (oval): 4 5/8 × 3 1/2 in. (11.7 × 8.9 cm)
Case: 5 1/2 × 4 7/16 × 1 3/16 in. (14 × 11.3 × 3 cm)
1969.0202.0084
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 139
Entry 139 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Beautiful French daguerreotype of old man with several decorations and medals on tinted ribbons on his coat lapel. From the French collection of a Parisian family. Probably a distinguished person. [Typed on paper pasted to page] A most interesting collection of antique miniature ornaments, bibelots, pewters, enamels, textiles, etc. Formerly the private collection of a Parisian family [Inscribed in pen on paper pasted to page] Numbers 138, 139, & 140 in this collection.
Entry 139 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Beautiful French daguerreotype of old man with several decorations and medals on tinted ribbons on his coat lapel. From the French collection of a Parisian family. Probably a distinguished person. [Typed on paper pasted to page] A most interesting collection of antique miniature ornaments, bibelots, pewters, enamels, textiles, etc. Formerly the private collection of a Parisian family [Inscribed in pen on paper pasted to page] Numbers 138, 139, & 140 in this collection.
