[James W. Sheppard, US Ship Supply]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[James W. Sheppard, US Ship Supply]
November 18, 1857
Daguerreotype
Image: 2 × 1 1/2 in. (5.1 × 3.8 cm) (1/9 plate)
Case: 3 × 2 9/16 × 7/8 in. (7.6 × 6.5 × 2.2 cm)
Purchase
1969.0202.0005
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 31
Entry 31 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Miniature daguerreotype of James W. Sheppard, U.S. Ship Supply November 18th/ 57. J.B. Mac Pherson New York. The preceding inscription was scratched on back of copper plate. Old-fashioned sailor suit on sailor. Good condition.
Entry 31 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Miniature daguerreotype of James W. Sheppard, U.S. Ship Supply November 18th/ 57. J.B. Mac Pherson New York. The preceding inscription was scratched on back of copper plate. Old-fashioned sailor suit on sailor. Good condition.
