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Vintage black and white portrait of a straight faced man in a suit and a bowtie, set in an ornate orange frame in a red and black box. An open black case with a rose imprint in red velvet on the left side, and an orange framed black and white portrait of a man in a suit and bowtie on the right.

Unknown Maker, American

Portrait of a Man,

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

American

Title

Portrait of a Man

Medium

copper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • daguerreotype

Techniques

  • daguerreotype

Dimensions

4.3 x 5.4 cm (1 11/16 x 2 1/8 inches)

Type

  • Photographs

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Truman B. Pierce

Object Number

17.125

About

Portrait of a Man

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Process Work

February 1 - July 20, 2025

Early Exposures

March 13 - July 19, 2015

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Portrait of a Man with the accession number of 17.125. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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