[Man]
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
[Man]
ca. 1845
Daguerreotype with applied color
Image: 3 3/8 × 2 5/8 in. (8.6 × 6.7 cm) (1/4 plate)
Case: 4 3/8 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 in. (11.1 × 9.5 × 1.6 cm)
Purchase
1969.0202.0073
Inscriptions Inscribed on paper note pinned to silk pad: Beautiful \ daguerreotype \ of a \ Frenchman.
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 95
Entry 95 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Large bust daguerreotype of handsome dark man about 35 yrs. old, long hair and side cheek beard. Quaint collar & lovely large blue satin tie. This is French daguerreotype… L.A.B. (L.A.B. & Co.) French trademark in photo copper plate, and was bound airtight with French newspaper, talking about Queen Victoria, etc. Has item from Montreal dated March 20, 1846. Either made in France or Montreal, Canada.
Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 95
Entry 95 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Large bust daguerreotype of handsome dark man about 35 yrs. old, long hair and side cheek beard. Quaint collar & lovely large blue satin tie. This is French daguerreotype… L.A.B. (L.A.B. & Co.) French trademark in photo copper plate, and was bound airtight with French newspaper, talking about Queen Victoria, etc. Has item from Montreal dated March 20, 1846. Either made in France or Montreal, Canada.
